· Abd-ABDOMEN

· ac- BEFORE
· ATS- ANTI TETANUS SERUM
· ANST- AFTER NEGATIVE SENSITIVITY TESTING
· AB- ABORTION
· AGE- ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS
· AUB- ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING
· ACLS- ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT

· ARF – Acute Renal Failure

· ADH- Anti Diuretic Hormone
· ARDS – Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
· AKA- ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION
· AP- ANTERIOR POSTERIOR/ APICAL PULSE/
ASPIRATION PRECAUTION
· AOD-ANESTHESIOLOGIST ON DUTY

· BID- TWICE A DAY

· BCG- BACILLUS CALMETTE GUERINE
· BM- BOWEL MOVEMENT
· BOW- BAG OF WATER
· BAIAE –BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN
ACUTE EXACERBATION
· BA- BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

· BPN- BRONCHOPNEUMONIA
 · BTL- BILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION
· BKA- BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION
· BM- BOWEL MOVEMENT

· CVA- CEREBRO VASCULAR ACCIDENT

· CPD-CEPHALO PELVIC DISPROPORTION
· COD- CHANGE OF DRESSING
· COPD- CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY
DISEASE
· C & S- CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
· CXR- CHEST X-RAY
· CC- CHIEF COMPLAINT
· CBR- COMPLETE BED REST
· CBR s BP – COMPLETE BED REST WITHOUT
BATHROOM PRIVELEDGES
· CIO – Complete Intestinal Obstruction

· d/c- DISCONTINUE
· DOB- DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING/ DATE OF BIRTH
· DPT- DIPTHERIA, PERTUSIS, TETANUS
· DM- DIABETES MELLITUS
· DOE- DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
· DOI-DATE OF INCIDENT
· DNR- DO NOT RESUSCITATE
· DOA- DEAD ON ARRIVAL
· DR-DELIVERY ROOM
 · ENT - EARS,NOSE, THROAT
· EDC- EXPECTED DATE OF CONFINEMENT
· EDD- EXPECTED DATE OF DELIVERY
· ECG- ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
· ER-EMERGENCY ROOM
· E/L – EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY

· FHT- FETAL HEART TONE

· FH- FUNDAL HEIGHT
· Fx- FRACTURE
· FOB- FLAT ON BED

· GDM- GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS

· GTT- GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
· GSW- GUNSHOT WOUND
· GI - GASTRO INTESTINAL
· GB- GALL BLADDER
· GU- GENITO URINARY
· GCS- GLASGOW COMA SCALE
· gtts-DROPS
· HPN/HTN- HYPERTENSION
· HAMA- HOME AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
· HDL- HIGH DENSITY PIPOPROTEIN
· hs- AT BED TIME
· Hx – HISTORY
· ID-INTERDERMAL
· IE- INTERNAL EXAMINATION
· IM-INTRA MUSCULAR
· IV-INTRAVENOUS
· IVF-INTRAVENOUS FLUID
· IVB-INTRAVENOUS BOLUS
· IBW- IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
· IFC- INDWELLING FOLEY CATHETER
· IUFD- INTRA UTERINE FETAL DEATH
· IIH – Indirect Inguinal Hernia

· ID-INTERDERMAL
· IE- INTERNAL EXAMINATION
· IM-INTRA MUSCULAR
· IV-INTRAVENOUS
· IVF-INTRAVENOUS FLUID
· IVB-INTRAVENOUS BOLUS
· IBW- IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
· IFC- INDWELLING FOLEY CATHETER
· IUFD- INTRA UTERINE FETAL DEATH
· IIH – Indirect Inguinal Hernia

· ID-INTERDERMAL
· IE- INTERNAL EXAMINATION
· IM-INTRA MUSCULAR
· IV-INTRAVENOUS
· IVF-INTRAVENOUS FLUID
· IVB-INTRAVENOUS BOLUS
· IBW- IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
· IFC- INDWELLING FOLEY CATHETER
· IUFD- INTRA UTERINE FETAL DEATH
· IIH – Indirect Inguinal Hernia

· MI- MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

· MVA- MOTOR VEHICULAR ACCIDENT
· MAR- MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD

· N/V - NAUSEA AND VOMITING

· NBS-NEWBORN SCREENING
· NGT- NASOGASTRIC TUBE
· NKA- NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
· NIDDM- NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES
MELLITUS
· NCP- NURSING CARE PLAN
· NVS- NEURO VITAL SIGNS
· NOI- NATURE OF INCIDENT
· NICU-NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
· NOD-NURSE ON DUTY
 · OC- ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE
· OB/GYN-OBSTETRICS AND GYNE
· OTC- OVER THE COUNTER
· O2 - OXYGEN
· O2Sat- Oxygen Saturation
· OR-OPERATING ROOM
· O.D – RIGHT EYE
· O.S – LEFT EYE
· O.U – BOTH EYES

· pc- AFTER
· PMS-PRE-MENSTRUAL SYNDROME
· POI- PLACE OF INCIDENT
· PROM- PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE
· PT- PATIENT/ PHYSICAL THERAPY/ PROTHROMBIN TIME
· PTB- PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
· PERRLA- PUPILS EQUAL , ROUND REACTIVE TO LIGHT
AND ACCOMODATION.
· PTT- PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME
· PRN- AS NEEDED

· Q - EVERY
· Q4 - EVERY 4 HOURS
· Q8- EVERY 8 HOURS
· QID- FOUR TIMES A DAY
· RUQ- RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
· RLQ- RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT
· RUL-RIGHT UPPER LOBE
· RML- RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE
· RLL- RIGHT LOWER LOBE
· ROM- RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE
· RBC- RED BLOOD CELLS
 ·ROD-RESIDENT ON DUTY
· RTC- ROUND THE CLOCK
· RX - PRESCRIPTION

· SGA-SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE

· ST- SENSITIVITY TESTING
· SIDS- SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
SYNDROME
· STD- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASE
· S/P- STATUS POST
· SW—STAB WOUND
· STAT-NOW/IMMEDIATELY
· SQ- SUBCUTANEOUS
· SAP – STRICT ASPIRATION
PRECAUTION

· TID- THRICE A DAY

· TOI-TIME OF INCIDENT
· TT-TETANUS TOXOID
· TAH- TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
· TAHBSO- TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
BILATERAL SALPINGO- OOPHORECTOMY
· TNTC- TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT
· TID- THRICE A DAY
· TOI-TIME OF INCIDENT
· TT-TETANUS TOXOID
· TAH- TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
· TAHBSO- TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
BILATERAL SALPINGO- OOPHORECTOMY
· TNTC- TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT
· U/A - URINALYSIS
· UGIS- UPPER GASTRO INTESTINAL SERIES
· UTI- URINARY TRACT INFECTION
· U/S –ULTRASOUND
· URTI- UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION

· VS- VITAL SIGNS

· VC- VOLUMETRIC CHAMBER
· VA-VEHICULAR ACCIDENT