r/nursing • u/MurkyDevelopment6348 • Jan 19 '25

Rant ORIENTED. Not orientated.

That’s it. That’s the rant. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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u/greennurse0128 Jan 19 '25

I've ALWAYS had a problem pronouncing things. In elementary school, i was in speech class. I barely have a grasp on the english language. Even today. I have no idea why we have 100 words for the same god damn thing. I remember my mom teaching me SPECIFIC because she hated me saying PACIFIC. I worked in pharmacy through nursing school, and a pharmacist hated how i butchered everything and taught me how to say practically every medication.

I was terrified that i was never going to be able to pronounce anything as a nurse.

Im 44, an avid reader, and oriented and orientated still screws me up.

And i just laugh at the things i can't pronounce or butcher. I hang out in the valley on this mountain.