9 words and phrases only nurses understand by Lyndsey Reid on Mar 30, 2018, 2:34 PM Advertisement
 - If you've ever been a patient in the ER or a doctor's office, odds are you've heard a nurse throw around some unusual words or phrases.
- Thanks to popular TV hospital dramas, we're familiar with phrases such as "coding", "stat," and "crash cart".
- But there are other names, phrases, and abbreviations nurses use to describe situations and patients to each other that you just wouldn't know the meaning of unless you asked. So Business Insider asked.
Medical jargon is pretty impossible for anyone outside of the profession to understand. TV shows and documentaries have gone some way in shining a light on some of the confusing acronyms and phrases used in hospitals and doctors offices. But there are still plenty of words we're left in the dark about. Business Insider asked seven nurses and scoured Quora to find out just what the secret phrases nurses use on the job really mean. DON'T MISS: Nurses share the 12 funniest things they've heard patients say SEE ALSO: I'm a nurse in New York, here's how my salary has changed in the last 10 years Frequent flyer  In the medical world, patients who show up to the ER time and time again with various different ailments are often referred to as "frequent flyers," Liz, a nurse with two years of experience, told Business Insider.
Rose Cottage or celestially discharged  The Rose Cottage sounds like a lovely place, but you might want to hold off before you book a two-night stay. Marianne, a nurse with four years of experience, told Business Insider that in the UK, Rose Cottage is what nurses call the mortuary. And they often call the deceased a "Rosey." When someone dies in the US they're said to have been celestially discharged, Redditor mikenesmith wrote in response to the thread "The secret slang of hospitals."
Tachy  This isn't a misspelling for "tacky." If you overhear a nurse say "tachy' they're not insulting a patient's dress sense. Marianne said it's short for tachycardia, which means a fast heart rate.
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