NURSING

ABBREVIATIONS
• 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
• IBW- IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
• IDDM- INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS

• ICU-INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

•I & D –INCISION AND DRAINAGE
•I & O- INTAKE AND OUTPUT

• JP - JACKSON PRATT
• K- POTASSIUM
• KCl - Potassium Chloride
• LLQ- LEFT LOWER QUADRANT
• LUQ-LEFT UPPER QUADRANT
• LLL- LEFT LOWER LOBE
• LMP- LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
• L & D- LABOR AND DELIVERY
• LOC- LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• LDL- LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
• L- LEFT/LATERAL/LITER
• LAB- LABORATORY
• LBW-LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
• LSP- LUMBO-SACRAL PAIN
• LGA-LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE

• LR-LABOR ROOM
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
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