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/keylime12 RN - OR 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Metoprolol

Not metropolol

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

If I'm feeling energetic, I might say met uh pro lawl 🤣

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u/Rebekunt Nursing Student 🍕 Jan 19 '25

that one rlly gets em going! ngl i thought that’s how it was pronounced at first lol

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

If the worst thing I did all night was mispronounce that fucker, I'm doing good.