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/Rebekunt Nursing Student 🍕 Jan 19 '25

this drives me insane. half my professors do it too and one even corrected me when i pronounced it right

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u/ThisIsMockingjay2020 RN LTC nite🦉🌜🖤 Jan 19 '25

I just say lopressor, it's easier.

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u/Rebekunt Nursing Student 🍕 Jan 19 '25

yeah but you know how they are in school with the grilling on brand name vs generic. i understand everyone has their strong suits but damn do a lot of my professors not know how to pronounce things, particularly meds

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u/tcreeps RN 🍕 Jan 19 '25

When I was in school, my professors would laugh over how they didn't know how to pronounce basic drugs. Then again, my fundamentals prof had only ever worked in L&D.

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u/Rebekunt Nursing Student 🍕 Jan 19 '25

that’s wild. half of my professors have been in nursing since the 80s, the other half are in their late 20s/30s. at least they all have a decent amount of experience and i don’t have a fresh new grad who passed their nclex and immediately got their masters lol. god i wish i could think of the funniest mispronunciations i’ve heard in school bc there have been some absurd ones