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UglyGreed

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32. And I'm not

Reply to nolabear (Reply #26)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 08:44 PM

Oct 2014

impressed that people treat those who are sick or those who they have power over like crap. You may not be worried, but since I have many health problems I do worry.

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So Called Humorous Acronyms Or Abbreviations Use By Healthcare Professionals [View all] UglyGreed Oct 2014 OP

isnt cracked another mad magazine belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1

It is a UglyGreed Oct 2014 #28

I've been in healthcare eyeofnewt Oct 2014 #2

4F is used; I've seen it in medical journals REP Oct 2014 #10

I think I read it as far back as Mark Twain... Hekate Oct 2014 #39

People in stressful, high demand jobs talk like this sometimes. It relieves stress. So be it. Shrike47 Oct 2014 #3

I wrote that in the UglyGreed Oct 2014 #27

While being UglyGreed Oct 2014 #35

B.S. Patient records are medical and (potentially) legal documents... demmiblue Oct 2014 #4

I did not write UglyGreed Oct 2014 #30

"Somewhere" is not a good source. It's work-related humor, which never totally translates to outside Hekate Oct 2014 #40

I'm supposed to be outraged by this? Sorry, not even a little bit. cali Oct 2014 #5

People in healthcare who phil89 Oct 2014 #7

I don't know. Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #9

Makes sense to me. 'Aloof' means 'thinking with your eyes closed'. randome Oct 2014 #11

I love when people with no experience of a situation makes demands regarding it joeglow3 Oct 2014 #13

"Dead Baby Day" hunter Oct 2014 #20

People in healthcare who invest far too much emotion into a patient are even more concerning to me. LanternWaste Oct 2014 #15

I don't think using such terminology is necessarily dehumanizing patients cali Oct 2014 #18

Different strokes N/T UglyGreed Oct 2014 #25

"Ever wonder what those abbreviations written on your charts while you are in the hospital mean?" Brickbat Oct 2014 #6

That was written UglyGreed Oct 2014 #21

This is slightly off topic, but sort of related. I worked as a medical transcriptionist for locdlib Oct 2014 #8

Those are slang used in the ER, not on charts REP Oct 2014 #12

Check my reply UglyGreed Oct 2014 #22

My fav - SOB - short of breath. 840high Oct 2014 #14

It's not just healthcare - PITA, F/U and KISS are old and common. n/t seaglass Oct 2014 #16

40 yrs in health care and I have not seen those, this is a joke list, not real. uppityperson Oct 2014 #17

I included links UglyGreed Oct 2014 #24

i used to work for a guy whose younger brother was in med school. hifiguy Oct 2014 #19

Maybe not UglyGreed Oct 2014 #23

Not impressed. You should see police and mortician-speak. nolabear Oct 2014 #26

And I'm not UglyGreed Oct 2014 #32

It doesn't mean you're not being taken care of nolabear Oct 2014 #36

I rarely see anything like these documented gwheezie Oct 2014 #29

What about notes UglyGreed Oct 2014 #31

I Don't doubt you gwheezie Oct 2014 #37

FLK = funny looking kid. ileus Oct 2014 #33

yeah UglyGreed Oct 2014 #34

Here's one for them: SAMMY bigwillq Oct 2014 #38

Those of us in health care run into so many odd situations that require... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #41

I work at a psychiatric hospital mokawanis Oct 2014 #42