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