A missing word distorts the meaning.(7)
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
September 10, 2016 2:13am CST
Yesterday, I gave a 50-item rotation examination to my level 2 nursing students and I gave some terms to be defined by them in their own words. Well, they defined it in in their own words.
For example, menorrhagia is defined as profuse menstrual bleeding. Many of them defined the word as profuse bleeding. Omitting the word 'menstrual' changes the whole definition, so I told them to cross it out if they missed the word 'menstrual'.
There can be bleeding in other parts of the body, that is why I always tell them to be specific with their answers.
Do you consider an answer correct when a word lacks the right definition of the term?
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
15 Sep 16
@ridingbet Indeed . 
So it's epistaxis in the medical term . I hate medical terms , they make it sound serious . 
So it's epistaxis in the medical term . I hate medical terms , they make it sound serious . 1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Sep 16
right, just like when we hear an English person speaking slang English, and w reply with crooked English, that is NOSE BLEEDING or epistaxis. hahaha!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Sep 16
@SIMPLYD hmm, get used to it now, my lady. you have a daughter who will be a doctor, so you have to get accustomed to knowing medical terms like epistaxis. that word is better than hematochezia , which is bloody bowel movement, indicative of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.,
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
No... Even a missing punctuation can change the context of a sentence.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Sep 16
@brokenbee hmm. i wonder what viands are made from her family and pets?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
true. have you seen a post in FB about the statement where the college instructor asked his students to put punctuation marks in a particular sentence? the meanings changed in different manner
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
12 Sep 16
@ridingbet Is it this statement?
"I like cooking my family and my pets."? hihihihi Without those commas, it means something else. LOL
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
thanks my friend, for agreeing. it is true especially if we deal with medical and nursing words
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
14 Sep 16
@ridingbet You are one tough cookie, but that is how it should be!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
i agree with you, my friend. a bleeding can occur in any part of the body; my students did thought i will accept their half-correct answers
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Sep 16
@DianneN indeed. i don't even accept incomplete answers stated verbally when i do bedside conference to my students
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Sep 16
@ridingbet Your students really need to pay attention to the terms if they are going to be good at what they are preparing for - nursing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Sep 16
@just4him that is so true. i even have to check how they spell medical terms, because if they will work abroad in an English speaking country, they should know the right spelling and words defined.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
thanks. i am sometimes described as a strict instructor because i always observe the rules and policies of the hospital and school; how much more in the definition of terms in nursing and medical dictionaries?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
she does not like a complete answer? so, a phrase in defining a word is already okay for her? hmmm!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
@JustBhem me too. i don't like to see any abbreviations. i asked them what TAHBSO means and almost all of them answered correctly.
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
11 Sep 16
@ridingbet
My bad. She like it in complete answer, no abbreviation.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
it is not a typical form of aphasia, but we sometimes have the right word 'at the tip of our tongue'.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
surprisingly, out of 50 items, the lowest was 33. that is good for me.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Sep 16
thanks. i agree a hundred percent although some give considerations but not me
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Sep 16
we sometimes get mental blocked when we try to recall a certain word
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