I.Transcribe the abbreviations, acronyms and symbols below!

1. O/A =
2. BK =
3. HNPU =
4. OBSGYN =
5. Sx =
6. UTI =
7. WBC =
8. Oph =
9. q6h =
10. po =
11. Ca =
12. ABG =
13. pc =
14. CT-Scan =
15. qid =
16. 16/40 =
17. i =
18.
19. =
20.

On Admission
Below The Knee
Has Not Passed Urine
obstetrics & gynecology
Sign, Symptom
Urinary Tract Infection
White Blood Cell, White Blood Count
Ophthalmology
Every Six Hours
By Mouth (Per Os)
Calcium , Carcinoma
Arterial Blood Gas
After Meals
Computerised Axial Tomography
Four Times At Day (Quaque In Die)
16 weeks of pregnancy
One tablet
Disease
Treatment, recipe, take
Decreased

II. Find the abbreviations, acronyms and symbol!

1. Chest X Ray
CXR
2. Coronary Care Unit
CCU
3. Before meals
ac
4. Diagnosis
Dx
5. Orthopedics
Ortho
6. Twice daily
bd (bid)
7. Biopsy
bx
8. Fracture (symbol)
#
9. Six weeks (symbol)
6/52
10. Micromicron (symbol)

III.

Read the following nursing notes and discuss what they mean! Then write a full version,
using complete sentences and no abbreviations.
T.N.C. HNPU. BP raised. PR unequal 8 p.m. Doctor X informed. Seen by Doctor X 8:30
p.m. For burr-holes 10 p.m.
Total nursing care has been given. The patient has not passed urine since admission.
At 8 p.m. his blood pressure was raised and the pupil reaction to light was unequal.

Doctor X was informed. The patient was seen by Doctor X at 8.30 p.m. and is to have a
burr-hole operation on his skull at 10:00 p.m.