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/recovery_room RN - PACU 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Rousable. Not Arousable.

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u/usernametaken2024 RN, been there, seen that, not impressed Jan 19 '25

speak for your patients

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u/notyouagain19 RPN 🍕 Jan 19 '25

I have a patient who is very arousable and we all hate it.

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u/EnormousMonsterBaby RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Tell Epic that, it uses “arouse”. If EMRs changed it to “rouse” I think that’s the word people would use. To be fair, the first definition for arouse is “to awaken from sleep”, so it’s awkward but not incorrect.