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CNA medical abbv
medical abreviations
Question | Answer |
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PPO | Preferred Provider Organization |
NPO | Nothing Per Oral/Mouth |
BID | Twice a day |
AKA | Above Knee Amputation |
TID | Three Times per Day |
PO/OS | By Mouth |
RLE | Right Lower Extremity |
Brady | Slow |
Olig | Small, scant |
Oma | Tumor |
Ileo | small intestine |
MRSA | Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus |
SNF | Skilled Nursing Facility |
HMO | Health Maintenance Organization |
OBRA | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
MDS | Minimum Data Set |
CBC | Complete Blood Count |
BRP | Bathroom Privileges |
BSC | Bed Side Commode |
c | width |
OOB | Out of Bed |
NKA | No Known Allergies |
BKA | Below Knee Amputation |
s | without |
Pneum(o) | Lung, air |
Tachy | Rapid, fast |
IDDM | Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
NIDDM | Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant |
LUQ | Left Upper Quadrant |
RLQ | Right Lower Quadrant |
CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
IV | Intravenous (in the vein) |
ac | before meals |
qd | every day |
dx | diagnosis |
qhs | Every night at bedtime or hour of sleep |
qod | every other day |
q2h | every 2 hours |
SOB | Short of Breath |
LLQ | Lower Left Quadrant |
DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
HOB | Head of Bed |
FR | Fluid Restriction |
CBR | Complete Bed Rest |
pc | after meals |
hs | bedtime or at time of rest |
FBS | Fasting Blood Sugar |
Ad lib | as desired |
amb | ambulatory |
c/o | complains of |
dsg | dressing |
FF | force fluids |
prn | as necessary |
q | every |
qid | four times a day |
qh | every hour |
SSE | Soap Suds Enema |
hepat/o | liver |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
thromb/o | clot |
Auto | self |
-ostomy | surgical opening |
phasia | speech |