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Work phrases that only exist in your field

253 replies

NoEffingWay · 30/03/2022 19:05

'Level 1,2,3 & 4 obs'
'Where's the ward lighter?'
The magic numbers-'5&2'
'Sectioned or informal?'
'They have been secluded'
'Absconsion risk'
And many more!

The world of mental health nursing is full of 'em.

What words or phrases do you use at work which no-one understands.

OP posts:
UniversalAunt · 30/03/2022 23:51

Strike rate
Bingo
Snap
Bungee
Orgasm

@ @AlbusSeverusMalfoy - do you do the BBC radio shipping forecast?

wlv12 · 30/03/2022 23:57

MS with consent, ceph, long, LOA, PP-2, cx 2cms, soft, effaced, FHHR.

LatteToday · 30/03/2022 23:58

The SoS would like to chat after OPQs with PPS about a few WPQs. No UQs today.

And quite a lot of letters roll off my tongue in sequence: MHCLG (though that’s out of date now it’s DELUHC) DCMS

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pringlelips · 30/03/2022 23:59

S136 , AMHP reviewed
PD query BPD
Amber HHT
PRN BD
2:1 24hr POC
50/50 CCG/LA
117 Funds
Risk Reg'ed
CPN TC tomorrow
Coms DOLS in situ

Actual notes from a MDT today

I understood every word OP , it's took me a few years though , Google has been my friend at times especially now most meetings happen on teams now and you can't always make out what is being said as everyone is wearing masks on the wards .

I often catch myself talking In letters and it's actually ridiculous Grin

Longingforatikihut · 31/03/2022 00:01

Sometimes I feel like I work for Bop-it.

Spin it
Plunge it
Cap it
Flick it
Chuck it

Also 'specific TV channel did it again last night!'. Lying tossers.

Pyewhacket · 31/03/2022 00:02

I work in ICU - too many to list here.

Whiskersonkittens21 · 31/03/2022 00:06

@FlemCandango

Cl gets PIP SRDL and ERM, UC SA, HE, CE, LCWRA, CB and CTS

Is a standard sentence in my world🤣

I use similar and work in debt advice so not sure if you are the same?
LatteToday · 31/03/2022 00:09

Anyone got a number for a SpAd in DHSC?
PCH
WHD or chamber?

LatteToday · 31/03/2022 00:11

@Whiskersonkittens21 I can also understand most of that.

MoonOnASpoon · 31/03/2022 00:12

Love this thread! Not spotted my industry yet.

Blad
Dummy
AI
Verso
Recto
Spec
Point
Wrap
Kern
Black layer

SpikedTea · 31/03/2022 00:14

🤣

Moomoomonkey · 31/03/2022 00:14

Letter received from SLT - change to IDDSI level. Requires new ONS
COT/COC
HE/HP

TheSilveryTinsellyPussycat · 31/03/2022 00:22

[quote NoEffingWay]@TheSilveryTinsellyPussycat I mean no ridicule to my patients, who are the heart of what I do.
The acronyms and phrases are shorthand, otherwise handover would take about 2 hours.[/quote]
I know you didn't Smile Just wanted to join in!

Paris is rubbish.

XenoBitch · 31/03/2022 00:29

@pringlelips

S136 , AMHP reviewed PD query BPD Amber HHT PRN BD 2:1 24hr POC 50/50 CCG/LA 117 Funds Risk Reg'ed CPN TC tomorrow Coms DOLS in situ

Actual notes from a MDT today

I understood every word OP , it's took me a few years though , Google has been my friend at times especially now most meetings happen on teams now and you can't always make out what is being said as everyone is wearing masks on the wards .

I often catch myself talking In letters and it's actually ridiculous Grin

Never worked in mental health, but I can tell what many of of those are. I am an awful patient. Staff would discuss me in veiled terms within earshot, and I would confront them and get so mad.
AgathaMystery · 31/03/2022 01:19

@SwayingInTime

But why always ‘Shrom’ and AY-AR-EM? Does it became a word once the acronym is over 3 letters? Will we ever give up the T in PET? When will they stop trying to make IVO happen?
Dunno - I’ve never thought about it!

I guess we can’t say ‘I’m going to arm her’ or ‘she needs arm-ing’ Hmm

I guess it just flows. Whereas DCDA or T1DM or OGTT doesn’t.

We’ll never give up the T. Surely?!

DefiniteTortoise · 31/03/2022 06:30

@akissbeforebed

SDS GHS CLP REACH CAS No EC No VOC COSHH pH SG
Molecular biologist?
Perfectlystill · 31/03/2022 06:40

Feeling very grateful for my job reading this thread. We have none of this crap!

mostlydrinkstea · 31/03/2022 06:41

@DameCelia I'm a priest in the Church of England. I was well trained in all things liturgical so I know how to lay up chalice, ciborium and patern on a corporal with purificators to hand. When I started it took took ages to get the burse and veil looking tidy and to remember to genuflect in the right places in the liturgy. I shudder when tv props departments don't know the difference between a stole and a maniple or chuck an ornate chasuble on a CofE priest in the 18th century.

Lulu1919 · 31/03/2022 06:56

Code Brown

Small child has done a poo in their pants !!!

Yellowleadbetter · 31/03/2022 07:00

NationMcKinley
High five fellow ICU nurse!! Smile

RussianSpy101 · 31/03/2022 07:00

@ShipshapeShore so many teachers on here! They seem to be the easiest to decode 😂

Monkeybutt1 · 31/03/2022 07:03

JFDI - Just Fucking Do It
I work in Service Management in IT

Summerofcontent · 31/03/2022 07:05

We do pulling out and occasionally striping but it's much more mundane than it sounds

HelloDulling · 31/03/2022 07:05

@Greatoutdoors

‘Do 6 pars on…’ A leg of nibs Splash Snapper or collects? Can you snatch him?
Ah, I miss my old career. ❤️
whoturnedthesunoff · 31/03/2022 07:45

Please activate the thermal H2O device immediately

I started this and it has carried on for many years !