| Entry Date | What jargon term annoys you the most? | Why? |
|---|---|---|
| August 2, 2022 at 11:15 pm | acronyms |
Because many of them are not even familiar to nurses. They are coined by individuals and are not necessarily of common use. We need to remember about 6 out of 10 people in Australia have low or poor health literacy. |
| September 19, 2023 at 4:08 pm | AO's |
Because no-one outside of the government understands that means Administration Officers |
| October 19, 2019 at 2:09 pm | Stakeholders |
Because people holding stakes usually also hold a hammer. When talking about health or public services we hold people in our hands not stakes |
| October 13, 2020 at 1:04 pm | chronic |
Because the general community do not understand it, I have heard it used as a substitute as bad eg I have asthma, it's chronic, they don't mean its an ongoing, always there condition, they mean its really bad. And then we here about health professionals, govt talking about chronic conditions - what do they general public think this means - really bad conditions. Oh mine is not that bad... |
| September 19, 2023 at 4:14 pm | Consumers |
Because we are PEOPLE. Consumer gives the idea that I have had a choice in the services I 'consume'. How about 'person', 'people' or 'families' that access our service, or who have a lived experience. |
| October 27, 2020 at 3:52 pm | non compliant |
Because what should be written is 'client has difficulties with......' Staff need to write what they mean. |
| October 27, 2020 at 3:54 pm | non compliant |
Because what should be written is 'client has difficulties with......' Staff need to write what they mean. |
| October 26, 2022 at 2:38 pm | "Unarrive". As in: "Pt has unarrived clinic." |
Believe it or not, this piece of astonishingly inept Americlish has begun to enter usage in GP clinic admin software, no doubt spurred on by the equally American notion of "Unfriending" people on Facebook. Please don't allow it to take hold here! |
| October 21, 2019 at 1:21 pm | Brain Storming |
Brain Storming is a commonly used term use in Australia for meetings. On the 20th of June 2008 City Councils in UK banned the use of this word as "Brain Storming" is a term associated and a symptom of a specific neurological disease. |
| October 18, 2024 at 9:17 am | BAU |
Business As Usual just an unnecessary pompous sounding term |
| June 10, 2025 at 12:32 pm | acute |
can be easily replaced with "short term diagnosis" in medical contexts to be more understandable towards patients |
| February 14, 2024 at 10:20 am | jargon |
cause i think it's spelt wrong |
| October 20, 2022 at 2:06 pm | Where the rubber meets the road |
Consultant speak. Blah |
| November 8, 2019 at 7:35 pm | Consumers |
Consumers are people. They don't eat services or clinicians! What is wrong with calling them people and preferably by their actual name??? |
| February 3, 2025 at 9:44 pm | Textbook |
Consumers don’t understand therefore optimum health outcomes are reduced |
| September 11, 2019 at 9:39 am | pedagogy |
cos it just means teaching method, it is a stupid word |
| October 20, 2022 at 3:35 pm | "Lean in" |
Don't we address / discuss / come together to find solutions - I'm over leaning in!! |
| October 21, 2024 at 10:52 am | SOB |
Duplicate meanings |
| May 22, 2020 at 1:16 pm | online |
During the era of Windows 95, doing things "online" was a new thing. Now in the 21st century, most people understand many activities can be done using the internet. An online webinar, or an online form are just the worst examples! |
| August 13, 2020 at 10:23 am | BOM |
During the height of last horrific Bush-fire season, a Senior Emergency person came forward and announced that he had just checked the "BOM" site. Anybody hearing that referral to the Weather Report could have assumed he was talking about a bomb attack adding to the already horrible unfolding disaster. I have a long list - DOCS, FACS, HSIE, COAG, DFAT, ACT, ADF, PDHPE, medical positive/negative results. Then there's the bonkers term "NEAR-MISS" . Need I explain? Well - I suffered a genuine "near-miss" recently when a driver "rear-ended" or crashed into my car and managed to "write-it-off". THAT WAS A NEAR-MISS, as far as I'm concerned. I'm still chasing him - the bastard drove off! |
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