Common Nursing Abbreviations Flashcards

1
Q

ADL

A

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE

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2
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AD LIB

A

AS DESIRED

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3
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ALT

A

ALANINE TRANSFERASE

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4
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ASHD

A

ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

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5
Q

AST

A

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE

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6
Q

BE

A

BARIUM ENEMA

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7
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BID

A

TWICE A DAY

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8
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BM

A

BOWEL MOVEMENT

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9
Q

BMR

A

BASAL METABOLIC RATE

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10
Q

BP

A

BLOOD PRESSURE

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11
Q

B.R.P.

A

BATHROOM PRIVILEGES

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12
Q

BUN

A

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN

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13
Q

CAD

A

CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

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14
Q

CBC

A

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT

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15
Q

HF

A

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

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16
Q

COLD

A

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE

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17
Q

COPD

A

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

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18
Q

CPK

A

CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE

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19
Q

CVA

A

CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT

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20
Q

CVP

A

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE

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21
Q

D & C

A

DILATION AND CURETTAGE

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22
Q

D & E

A

DILATION AND EVACUATION

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23
Q

DM

A

DIABETES MELLITUS

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24
Q

DOE

A

DYSPNEA ON EXERTION

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25
Q

ECG (EKG)

A

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

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26
Q

EEG

A

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM

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27
Q

EOM

A

EXTRA OCCULAR MOVEMENTS

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28
Q

ESR

A

ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE

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29
Q

FSH

A

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

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30
Q

FUO

A

FEVER OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN

31
Q

G.I.

A

GASTRO-INTESTINAL

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Q

G

A

GRAM

33
Q

gtt

A

DROPS

34
Q

G.U.

A

GENITOURINARY

35
Q

Gyn

A

GYNECOLOGY

36
Q

h (hr)

A

HOUR

37
Q

Hbg A1C

A

GLYCOSATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL

38
Q

H & H

A

HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT

39
Q

I.M.

A

INTRAMUSCULAR

40
Q

I & O

A

INTAKE AND OUTPUT

41
Q

IV

A

INTRAVENOUS

42
Q

IVP

A

INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM

43
Q

KVO

A

KEEP VEIN OPEN

44
Q

L

A

LITER

45
Q

LDH

A

SERUM LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE

46
Q

LLQ

A

LEFT LOWER QUADRANT

47
Q

LUQ

A

LEFT UPPER QUADRANT

48
Q

MI

A

MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION

49
Q

MCV

A

MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME

50
Q

MCH

A

MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN

51
Q

MCHC

A

MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION

52
Q

mg

A

MILLIGRAM

53
Q

mL

A

MILLILITER

54
Q

NPO

A

NOTHING BY MOUTH

55
Q

NS

A

NORMAL STERILE SALINE

56
Q

OOB

A

OUT OF BED

57
Q

OR

A

OPERATING ROOM

58
Q

oz

A

OUNCE

59
Q

PID

A

PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

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Q

P.O.

A

BY MOUTH

61
Q

PPN

A

PERIPHERAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION
OR
PARTIAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION

62
Q

p.r.n.

A

WHEN NECESSARY

63
Q

PVD

A

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

64
Q

REM

A

RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS

65
Q

RLQ

A

RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT

66
Q

RUQ

A

RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT

67
Q

ROM

A

RANGE OF MOTION

68
Q

SL

A

SUBLINGUAL

69
Q

SOB

A

SHORT OF BREATH

70
Q

STAT

A

IMMEDIATELY

71
Q

TPN

A

TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION

72
Q

TSH

A

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE

73
Q

URI

A

UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION