Common Nursing Abbreviations

Question 1

ADL

Answer 1

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE

Question 2

AD LIB

Answer 2

AS DESIRED

Question 3

ALT

Answer 3

ALANINE TRANSFERASE

Question 4

ASHD

Answer 4

ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

Question 5

AST

Answer 5

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE

Question 6

BE

Answer 6

BARIUM ENEMA

Question 7

BID

Answer 7

TWICE A DAY

Question 8

BM

Answer 8

BOWEL MOVEMENT

Question 9

BMR

Answer 9

BASAL METABOLIC RATE

Question 10

BP

Answer 10

BLOOD PRESSURE

Question 11

B.R.P.

Answer 11

BATHROOM PRIVILEGES

Question 12

BUN

Answer 12

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN

Question 13

CAD

Answer 13

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

Question 14

CBC

Answer 14

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT

Question 15

HF

Answer 15

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

Question 16

COLD

Answer 16

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE

Question 17

COPD

Answer 17

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Question 18

CPK

Answer 18

CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE

Question 19

CVA

Answer 19

CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT

Question 20

CVP

Answer 20

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE

Question 21

D & C

Answer 21

DILATION AND CURETTAGE

Question 22

D & E

Answer 22

DILATION AND EVACUATION

Question 23

DM

Answer 23

DIABETES MELLITUS

Question 24

DOE

Answer 24

DYSPNEA ON EXERTION

Question 25

ECG (EKG)

Answer 25

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

Question 26

EEG

Answer 26

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM

Question 27

EOM

Answer 27

EXTRA OCCULAR MOVEMENTS

Question 28

ESR

Answer 28

ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE

Question 29

FSH

Answer 29

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

Question 30

FUO

Answer 30

FEVER OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN

Question 31

G.I.

Answer 31

GASTRO-INTESTINAL

Question 32

G

Answer 32

GRAM

Question 33

gtt

Answer 33

DROPS

Question 34

G.U.

Answer 34

GENITOURINARY

Question 35

Gyn

Answer 35

GYNECOLOGY

Question 36

h (hr)

Answer 36

HOUR

Question 37

Hbg A1C

Answer 37

GLYCOSATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL

Question 38

H & H

Answer 38

HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT

Question 39

I.M.

Answer 39

INTRAMUSCULAR

Question 40

I & O

Answer 40

INTAKE AND OUTPUT

Question 41

IV

Answer 41

INTRAVENOUS

Question 42

IVP

Answer 42

INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM

Question 43

KVO

Answer 43

KEEP VEIN OPEN

Question 44

L

Answer 44

LITER

Question 45

LDH

Answer 45

SERUM LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE

Question 46

LLQ

Answer 46

LEFT LOWER QUADRANT

Question 47

LUQ

Answer 47

LEFT UPPER QUADRANT

Question 48

MI

Answer 48

MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION

Question 49

MCV

Answer 49

MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME

Question 50

MCH

Answer 50

MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN

Question 51

MCHC

Answer 51

MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION

Question 52

mg

Answer 52

MILLIGRAM

Question 53

mL

Answer 53

MILLILITER

Question 54

NPO

Answer 54

NOTHING BY MOUTH

Question 55

NS

Answer 55

NORMAL STERILE SALINE

Question 56

OOB

Answer 56

OUT OF BED

Question 57

OR

Answer 57

OPERATING ROOM

Question 58

oz

Answer 58

OUNCE

Question 59

PID

Answer 59

PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

Question 60

P.O.

Answer 60

BY MOUTH

Question 61

PPN

Answer 61

PERIPHERAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION OR PARTIAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION

Question 62

p.r.n.

Answer 62

WHEN NECESSARY

Question 63

PVD

Answer 63

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Question 64

REM

Answer 64

RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS

Question 65

RLQ

Answer 65

RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT

Question 66

RUQ

Answer 66

RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT

Question 67

ROM

Answer 67

RANGE OF MOTION

Question 68

SL

Answer 68

SUBLINGUAL

Question 69

SOB

Answer 69

SHORT OF BREATH

Question 70

STAT

Answer 70

IMMEDIATELY

Question 71

TPN

Answer 71

TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION

Question 72

TSH

Answer 72

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE

Question 73

URI

Answer 73

UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION