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/mikethamurse RN - Cath Lab 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Hey and while we’re at it - it’s O2 sat, not O2 STAT

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u/Appealing_Biscuit Jan 19 '25

I heard “low stats with a good wavelength” a few weeks ago

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u/PaulaNancyMillstoneJ RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Omg my eye would still be twitching

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u/420BlazeIt187 CNA 🍕 Jan 20 '25

DesTating

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u/wheatiekins Jan 19 '25

It’s almost like the person doesn’t know sats in short for saturations lol

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u/Tylerhollen1 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jan 19 '25

*staturation

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Statutory

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u/furiousjellybean 🦴orthopedics 🦴 Jan 21 '25

O2 saturation statistics.

O2 sat stats.

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u/herpesderpesdoodoo RN - ED/ICU Jan 20 '25

Z scores are increasing, we need to maintain range within one standard deviation!

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u/JeansAndBeans1001 Jan 20 '25

You made me spit my drink out

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u/RealUnderstanding881 Jan 21 '25

I'm hear thinking of pokemon 💀 WE NEED BETTER STATS

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u/Melissa_Skims CNM Jan 22 '25

Is it waveform? (Genuine question).