Common Nursing Abbreviations Flashcards
ADL
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE
AD LIB
AS DESIRED
ALT
ALANINE TRANSFERASE
ASHD
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
AST
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE
BE
BARIUM ENEMA
BID
TWICE A DAY
BM
BOWEL MOVEMENT
BMR
BASAL METABOLIC RATE
BP
BLOOD PRESSURE
B.R.P.
BATHROOM PRIVILEGES
BUN
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
CAD
CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
CBC
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
HF
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
COLD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
COPD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CPK
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE
CVA
CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT
CVP
CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE
D & C
DILATION AND CURETTAGE
D & E
DILATION AND EVACUATION
DM
DIABETES MELLITUS
DOE
DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
ECG (EKG)
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
EEG
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
EOM
EXTRA OCCULAR MOVEMENTS
ESR
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
FSH
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE