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CNA abbreviations
medical abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology | A&P |
| Freely, at will | Ad lib |
| Before meals | ac |
| Admission | Adm |
| Automatic external defribillator | AED |
| Ambulate | amb |
| As soon as possible | ASAP |
| Axillary | Ax |
| Two times a day | Bid |
| Bowel movement | BM |
| Basal metabolic rate | BMR |
| Blood Pressure | BP, B/P |
| Bathroom privaleges | BRP |
| With | c |
| Complete blood count | CBC |
| Chief complaint | CC |
| Clear liquids | cl liq |
| complains of | c/o |
| Activities of daily living | ADLs |
| Carbohydrate | CHO |
| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | CPR |
| Computerized tomography | CT |
| Discontinue | d/c |
| Do not resuscitate | DNR |
| Diagnosis | Dx |
| Electroencephalogram | EEG |
| Electrocardiogram | EKG, ECG |
| Congestive heart failure | CHF |
| Coronary artery disease | CAD |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | COPD |
| Foreign body airway obstruction | FBAO |
| Fasting blood sugar | FBS |
| Gallbladder | GB |
| Hemoglobin | Hgb |
| Hematocrit | Hct |
| Head of bed | HOB |
| Hour of sleep | hs |
| height | ht |
| History | hx |
| hour | h, hr |
| Intra muscular | IM |
| Intravenous | IV |
| Force fluids | FF |
| Level of consciousness | LOC |
| Licensed practical nurse | LPN |
| Long term care | LTC |
| Left | L, Lt |
| Magnetic Resonance imaging | MRI |
| Not applicable | N/A |
| Negative | Neg |
| Nasogastric | NG |
| night | Noc, noct |
| No known allergies | NKA |
| Nothing by mouth | NPO |
| Oxygen | O2 |
| Out of bed | OOB |
| Operating room | OR |
| Over the counter | OTC |
| Emergency room | ER |
| After | p |
| After meals | pc |
| by mouth | po |
| Protective Personal Equipment | PPE |
| As needed | PRN |
| Patient | pt |
| every | q |
| Every hour | qh |
| Every bed time | qhs |
| every two hours | q2h |
| every shift | qs |
| Four times a day | Qid |
| Respiration | R |
| Pulse | P |
| Right | R, rt |
| Red blood cell | RBC |
| Registered nurse | RN |
| Rule out | R/O |
| Range of motion | ROM |
| Prescription | Rx |
| without | s |
| half | ss |
| Immediately | STAT |
| sexually transmitted disease | STD |
| Temperature | T |
| Tablet | Tab |
| Three times a day | Tid |
| Temperature, pulse,respiration | TPR |
| Urinalysis | UA |
| vital signs | vs |
| White blood cell | WBC |
| wheelchair | w/c |
| weight | wt |
| Within normal limits | WNL |
| Myocardial infarction | MI |
| Feet | ft |
| inches | in. |
| centimeter | cm |
| milli liter | ml |
| kilogram | kg |
| Farenheit | F |
| Celcius | C |
| Cubic centimeters | cc |
| Alert and oriented | AxO |
| abdomen | ABD |
| Above the knee amputation | AKA |
| Below the knee amputation | BKA |
| Diabetes Mellitus | DM |
| Deep vein thrombosis | DVT |
| Beats per minute | BPM |
| Degenerative joint disease | DJD |
| fracture | Fx |
| heart rate | HR |
| Intake and output | I&O |
| Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus | MRSA |
| Left upper quadrant | LUQ |
| Left lower quadrant | LLQ |
| right upper quadrant | RUQ |
| Right lower quadrant | RLQ |
| No added salt | NAS |
| per rectum | PR |
| every other day | qod |
| Short of breath | SOB |
| Tuberculosis | TB |
| years old | yo |
| Partial weight bearing | PWB |
| Non-weight bearing | NWB |
| Full weight bearing | FWB |
| Toe Touch weight bearing | TTWB |
| Complete bedrest | CBR |