ABBREVIATIONS/RIGHTS Flashcards
(89 cards)
1
Q
RIGHTS OF MEDICATIONS
A
Right drug
Right dose
Right patient
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
2
Q
VITAL SIGNS
A
VS
3
Q
LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
A
LOC
4
Q
TEMPERATURE
A
T
5
Q
PULSE
A
P
6
Q
RESPIRATION
A
R
7
Q
HEART RATE
A
HR
8
Q
BLOOD PRESSURE
A
BP
9
Q
OXYGEN SATURATION
A
SaO2
10
Q
ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS
A
ABG
11
Q
MORNING
A
AM
12
Q
EVENING
A
PM
13
Q
THREE TIMES A DAY
A
TID
14
Q
FOUR TIMES A DAY
A
QID
15
Q
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
A
PPE
16
Q
IMMEDIATELY
A
STAT
17
Q
TOPICALLY
A
NO ABBREVIATION
18
Q
BY MOUTH
A
PO
19
Q
SUBCUTANEOUSLY
A
subQ
20
Q
INTRAMUSCULARLY
A
IM
21
Q
INTRAVENOUSLY
A
IV
22
Q
INTAKE AND OUTPUT
A
I&O
23
Q
NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
A
NKA
24
Q
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
A
AD
25
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
ADLs
26
BOWEL MOVEMENT
BM
27
NAUSEA AND VOMITTING
N&V
28
FREELY OR AS DESIRED
ad lib
29
OUT OF BED
OOB
30
BEFORE MEALS
ac
31
AFTER MEALS
pc
32
NOTHING BY MOUTH
NPO
33
HOUR
h
34
EVERY
q
35
AS NEEDED
prn
36
EVERY 2 HOURS
q2h
37
EVERY 3 HOURS
q3h
38
EVERY 4 HOURS
q4h
39
EVERY 6 HOURS
q6h
40
EVERY 8 HOURS
q8h
41
every 12 hours
Q12H
42
TWICE A DAY
BID
43
BEDREST
BR
44
PRECUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY
PEG
45
ACUTE KIDNEY INSUFFICIENCY
AKI
46
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
CKD
47
ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
ARF
48
CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
CRF
49
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE
ESRD
50
AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
AMA
51
HYPERTENSION
HTN
52
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
AMI
53
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
CPR
54
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
DNR
55
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
EKG
56
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CVD
57
ATRIAL FIBRILATION
AF
58
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CHR
59
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
ShOB
60
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
CABG
61
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
CVA
62
TRANSISCHEMIC ATTACK
TIA
63
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
COPD
64
CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
CPAP
65
DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE
DJD
66
ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION
AKA
67
BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION
BKA
68
HISTORY
Hx
69
HISTORY OF
H/O
70
FRACTURE
Fx
71
SYMPTOM
Sx
72
TREATMENT
Tx
73
DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
DM2
74
DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1
DM1
75
INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS
IDDM
76
NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS
NIDDM
77
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
GERD
78
RESPIRATORY THERAPIST
RT
79
PHYSICAL THERAPIST
PT
80
81
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
OT
82
HYPO
BENEATH OR BELOW
LESS THAN NORMAL
83
HYPER
OVER, BEYOND, EXCESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL
84
BRADY
SLOWER THAN NORMAL
85
TACHY
SWIFT, FASTER THAN NORMAL
86
WITH
C
87
88
WITHOUT
S
89
