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CNA abbreviations
medical abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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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 |