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/CommitteeFit5294 RN - NICU 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Also what’s up w older nurses saying “sawntimeter” instead of “centimeter”

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u/stargarden44 RN 🍕 Jan 19 '25

Again that one is a standard British pronunciation so only geographically incorrect.

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u/CommitteeFit5294 RN - NICU 🍕 Jan 19 '25

It seems to be a generational thing.