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Bad Grammar by Nurses
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Posted almost 6 years ago It's a big pet peeve of mine when nurse's - many of them with BSNs or MSNs - are awful spellers. I know that doctors often get flack for their poor handwriting, but nurses really should spell better. I had a head nurse who would write "Yinz" on everything. I know I'm in Pittsburgh, but let's be professional. I understand misspelling names of drugs but simple directives? Does anyone else find this equally annoying or am I just being anal? |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago I do to, considering the teachers we have ride our butts about spelling..! |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago hehe, oops, I made a typo.. should read "I do TOO" |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago what is yinz? |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago Hey I know what Yinz is - it's a western pa slang for "you people". Like "y'all" is in the South. |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago don't forget the classic " old timers" for alzhiemers. ( did I spell that right? ). I've heard this quite a few times by colleages |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago It's ok - but it's Alzheimer's dear. After seeing cdnurse's comment - do a lot of you get confused with other nurse's slang? |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago I can't stand poor spelling or grammar. I don't think that local colloquialisms used in the region they are from is an issue, and I understand grammatic mistakes from people whom English is a second language like reversing predicates, our grammar rules are backwards to most of the world. But when native English speakers can't get simple grammer right irks me to no end. Didn't 10 years of primary/secondary schooling teach you anything? I forget plane geometry, but something you use daily! I'm with you PittNurse, we should implement ESEL classes (English for Speakers of the English Language). |
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| Posted almost 6 years ago I dunno, bad grammar grates on my ears, but I'm more forgiving of people who are not native English speakers. I work with lots of nurses from other countries (many of whom have great language skills!). It's the native English speakers who trash the language who rub me the wrong way. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago The difference, as I see it, between talking with someone with an rich accent and reading what that person has written, is that with the conversation you get the bonus of body language. Gesticulations are universal.
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| Posted over 5 years ago PittNurse said: You might want to learn how to use proper punctuation before you go bashing on nurses for using bad grammar. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Penmanship, grammar, spelling, sentence structure and paragraph structure are all lost arts. It is all about reading comprehension in schools today. While I agree reading comprehension is vital, I don't believe it is vital at the expense of the other aspects of Language Arts. Maybe instead of being a nurse I should go be an English teacher. Then I wouldn't have to stress about getting accepted to a nursing school that only accepts 140 people a year out of 1000 applicants. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Maybe the fact that we spell our children's names "phonetically" isn't helping. There was an announcement for a baby named MYRAQEL (Miracle, I'm guessing...?) in my newspaper. This isn't helping! And our license plates -- I B TECHR...? YIKES!! And don't get me started on text messages...y'all.... I agree, though. Misspellings, poor grammar, and mispronunciation get on my nerves BIG time. Oh, and the plural of nurse is nurses, not nurse's. |
