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Nursing Abbreviation

Harcum Nursing 101 Abbreviations B

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Ba Barium
BAL Blood Alcohol Level
BCG Bacille Calmette-guerin(a tuberculosis vaccination)
BC or BCX blood culture
b.i.d Twice daily, from Latin, bis in die
BiPAP Bi level positive airway pressure
BE Base excess
BKA below the knee amputation
bl.cult Blood culture
bld blood
BLS Basic life Support
BMC Bone Mass Content
BMD Bone mineral density(also termed bone mass measurement)
BMI Body mass index
BMP Blood Metabolic Profile
BMR Basal metabolic rate
BMT Bone Marrow Transplant
BNP Brain natriuretic peptide
BP Blood pressure
BP Bipolar disorder
BPD Bi-Parietal Diameter
BPD Borderline personality disorder
BPH Benign prostatic hyperplasia
BMP Beats per minute
BPPV Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
BRAT Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, (dry)Toast:acronym for bland diet
BRATY Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, (dry)Toast Yogurt:acronym for bland diet for children
BRP Bathroom Privileges
BRBPR Bright red blood per rectum
BS Breath or Bowel sounds on Auscultation with stethoscope
BSE Breast self-examination
BUN Blood urea nitrogen
BVM Bag valve mask device
Bx Biopsy
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