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CNA abbreviations-92
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before meals | a.c. |
| abdomen | abd. |
| as desired | ad lib |
| Activties of daliy living | ADL |
| admitted or admission | adm. |
| amount | amt. |
| American Red Cross | ARC |
| twice a day | b.i.d |
| Bowel movement | BM |
| Blood pressure | BP |
| with | _C |
| complains of | c/o |
| Cancer | Ca. |
| Catheter | Cath. |
| Complete Blood Count | CBC |
| Cubic Centimeter | cc |
| Competency Evaluation Program | CEP |
| Certified Nursing Assissant | CNA |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | CPR |
| Cerebrovascular accident; stroke | CVA |
| discontinue/ discharge | dc |
| Developmentally Disabled | DDD |
| Department Health Services | DHS |
| Dead on arrival | DOA |
| Department of Justice | DOJ |
| Director of nursing | DON |
| dressing | dsg. or drsg. |
| Diagnosis | Dx. |
| Electrocardiogram | EKG |
| Emergency room | ER |
| Fasting blood Sugar | FBS |
| Force Fluids | FF |
| fluid | fld. |
| foot of feet | ft. |
| Home Health aid | HHA |
| hour of sleep | h.s. |
| water | H2O |
| Height | ht. |
| Intake and Output | I&O |
| Inch | in. |
| Intravenous | IV |
| Laboratory | Lab. |
| Pound | lb. |
| Liquid | liq. |
| Licensed practiced nurse | LPN |
| Licensed vocational nurse | LVN |
| Medical Doctor | MD |
| milliliter | ml. |
| Nothing by mouth | N.P.O. |
| Nurse Assissant | NA |
| negative | Neg. |
| No Known allergies | NKA |
| Number | no. or # |
| night | noc |
| Occupational therapy | O.T. |
| Oxygen | O2 |
| Orange Juice | OJ |
| Out of Bed | OOB |
| Ounce | oz. |
| After meals | p.c. |
| By mouth | p.o. |
| by, through | per |
| Afternoon | PM |
| As necessary | Prn |
| Physical therapy | P.T. |
| Every | q |
| Daily | q.d. |
| Every night at bedtime | q.h.s. |
| four times a day | q.i.d. |
| every other day | q.o.d |
| every hour | qh |
| every 2 hours | q2h |
| every 3 hours | q3h |
| rectal temperature | R |
| Registered nurse | RN |
| Range of Motion | ROM |
| without | _S |
| Short of Breath | S.O.B. |
| Specimin | Spec. |
| Soap suds enema | SSE |
| Immediately | Stat |
| Three times a dat | t.i.d. |
| Teperature, pulse, respiration | T.P.R. |
| Tablespoon | tbsp. |
| Tender Loving Care | TLC |
| Teaspoon | tsp. |
| Urinalysis | U/A |
| Vital signs | VS |
| Wheelchair | W/C |
| Weight | Wt. or wgt. |