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Nursing Fundamentals Abbreviations And Acronyms
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health-sciences
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nursing
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
AIDS
IOP
NIH
2. Health maintenance organization
LDL
BPH
PERRLA
HMO
3. Low density lipoprotein
Hx
LDL
NPH
PA
4. Fetal heart rate
FHR
DOE
OOB
aa
5. Orthopedics
TWE
ORT
ER
PID
6. Estrogen replacement therapy
OV
ERT
VD
lab
7. Chloride
stat
GTT
Cl
LLL
8. Diabetes mellitus
ERT
DM
THA
BE
9. Degenerative joint disease
O.T.
AML
DJD
aa
10. Premature ventricular contraction
PCA
PVC
AKA
ad lib
11. Continuous cycle peritoneal dialysis
PVC
CCPD
VS
lytes
12. Peripheral vascular disease
DON
FHR
PH
PVD
13. Oxygen
OBS
oz
O
CNS
14. Right lower lobe
WBC
RLL
BUN
OB- GYN
15. Director of Nurses
DON
NAndA- I
lab
COLD
16. Potassium
c̄
AST
HPV
K
17. Expected date of confinement
EDC
O
ECT
KUB
18. Diagnosis
SAH
CAT
Dx
ROM
19. Review of symptoms - review of systems
MI
FH
ROS
CPR
20. Abdomen
IOP
abd
TPN
SBE
21. Ounce
OOB
oz
BMR
K
22. Vital signs
VS
crit
TAH
LPN
23. Dead on arrival
THR
DOA
VDRL
PCA
24. Date of birth
postop
RLL
OV
DOB
25. With
sed rate
LRQ
c̄
BRP
26. Electrolytes
LLL
CRF
Cl
lytes
27. Blood urea nitrogen
LLQ
LMP
BUN
OV
28. Mitral valve prolapse
MVP
R
Na
FHT
29. Coronary care unit
AP
Hx
CCU
HDL
30. Alpha - fetoprotein
AMB
JCAHO
T
AFP
31. Respirations
EEG
R
ADH
AHRQ
32. Orally
LUQ
CNS
PO
c̄
33. Differential white blood cell count
PACU
GU
Diff
Cl
34. Jugular venous distention
PTCA
strep
JVD
REM
35. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
SAH
C/O
EENT
ADL
36. Short of breath
SOB
a
preop
MI
37. Acute lymphocytic leukemia
All
AHRQ
CT scan - CAT scan
Ht
38. Point of maximal pulse
PMI
CT scan - CAT scan
HNP
PVC
39. Ambulate - ambulatory
CLL
AMB
I & D
LUQ
40. Soapsuds enema
I & D
DJD
SSE
BUN
41. Aspartate aminotransferase
AST
TURP
CAPD
ASHD
42. National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service
FBS
NAPNES
FDA
COLD
43. Arterial blood gases
HPV
BM
ABGs
LP
44. Sexually transmitted disease
NPH
STD
TB
PMH
45. Prothrombin time
oz
PT
TURP
DON
46. Obstetrics - gynecology
OB- GYN
I & O
c̄
JCAHO
47. Aortic valve replacement
WBC
DRGs
AVR
OB- GYN
48. Frozen section
FHR
HVA
FS
UGI
49. Celsius
Cl
C
HVA
Tx
50. Ointment
Hx
ung
PERRLA
DPT