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| aa | show | The patient will take two drops (gtts) aa medication at bedtime (hs).
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| show | abdominal | The patient's abd is soft and nondistended.
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| show | before meals | The patient is to take the medication a.c.
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| ADL | show | The patient's ADL has decreased since her stroke.
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| ad lib | as desired | show 🗑
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| AM | mornings | show 🗑
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| amt. | amount | show 🗑
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| AROM | active range of motion | show 🗑
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| ax | axillary | show 🗑
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| show | 2 times per day | The doctor ordered the patient to sit up in the chair BID.
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| BM | Bowel Movement | show 🗑
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| BP | show | The patient's BP was 122/78. (This is a normal BP.)
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| BRP | Bathroom Privelages | show 🗑
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| C | show | The liquid oxygen was stored at -30° (Celsius).
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| Ĉˉ (C with line over) | with | show 🗑
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| show | calorie | The dietician recommended that the patient be placed on a 2400 cal ADA diet.
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| show | catheter | The doctor ordered a urinary cath for the patient with retention (who could not urinate).
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| CBR | show | The patient with the myocardial infarction was placed on CBR.
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| CC | cubic centimeter | show 🗑
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| CHF | congestive heart failure | show 🗑
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| show | centimeter | The infant's abdominal girth was 32 cms. (Abdominal girth is the diameter of the abdomen. It is measured in newborn infants in order to insure adequate digestion.)
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| CN | show | The CN wanted a report on the patient's vital signs.
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| CNS | central Nervous System | show 🗑
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| show | complains of | The patient c/o angina with exertion. (Chest pain with activity.)
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| show | discontinue | The doctor ordered the patient's IV to be DC'd.
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| DON | director of nurses | show 🗑
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| dx | diagnosis | show 🗑
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| fx | show | The boy fx'd his femur (the large bone located in the thigh).
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| a | show | The patient's orders state, "Enema a pre-op."
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| GI | show | The patient was admitted in GI distress (stomach hurt).
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| GTT | drop | show 🗑
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| GU | genitourinary | show 🗑
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| h | show | The patient was to stay up in the chair for x3h.
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| show | head of bed | The doctor's order stated that the patient should be kept in reverse Trendelenberg position. (Trendelenberg position is where the hips are placed higher than the head)
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| HOH | hard of hearing | show 🗑
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| HS | show | The patient was ordered 15mg of restoril (a sleeping pill) @ hs.
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| show | intake/ output | The patient with CHF (congestive heart failure) was placed on I/O
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