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It's not an insult if nurse calls you 'S.O.B.'

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161 Reads | | Post a commentPublished May 7, 2008 - 2:33 PM

If you're a hospital patient and a doctor refers to you as a "rock" it's probably not a compliment, but try not to take offense if a nurse mutters "S.O.B." in describing your condition.

Those are just two examples of the common slang and shorthand that reveal one of medicine's little secrets: Doctors and nurses gossip just like anyone else, and they're not above gossiping about the patients they serve.

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