NURSE 2000 FINAL EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
OS - Correct Answers -Left eye
VO - Correct Answers -verbal order
OU - Correct Answers -both eyes
prn - Correct Answers -when necessary
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p - Correct Answers -after; post
qhs - Correct Answers -every night at bedtime (write out)
P - Correct Answers -pulse
q.i.d.; QID - Correct Answers -four times a day in waking hours
p.c. - Correct Answers -after meals
PCO2 - Correct Answers -partial pressure of carbon dioxide
(R); rt. - Correct Answers -right
R - Correct Answers -respiration, rectal
RBC, rbc - Correct Answers -red blood cells, red blood count
R/O - Correct Answers -rule out
RLL - Correct Answers -right lower lobe (lung)
PEG - Correct Answers -percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy
RLQ - Correct Answers -lower right quadrant (abdomen)
p.m.; P.M. - Correct Answers -afternoon
,ROM - Correct Answers -range of motion
SOB - Correct Answers -shortness of breath
R/T - Correct Answers -related to
WBC - Correct Answers -white blood count; white blood cells
RUL - Correct Answers -right upper lobe
Stat - Correct Answers -at once; immediately
RUQ - Correct Answers -right upper quadrant (abdomen)
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S - Correct Answers -without
Rx - Correct Answers -prescription; take; therapy
SC - Correct Answers -subcutaneous (write out)
U/A - Correct Answers -urinalysis
X - Correct Answers -times, as 4x= four times
+ - Correct Answers -positive
= - Correct Answers -equal to
↑ - Correct Answers -increase(d)
♂ - Correct Answers -male
< > - Correct Answers -less than; greater than
o - Correct Answers -degree
- - Correct Answers -negative
, =/= - Correct Answers -unequal
↓ - Correct Answers -decrease(d)
♀ - Correct Answers -female
& - Correct Answers -and
Five Elements of Communication - Correct Answers --Who relays the message
(communicator)
-What is the message (says what)
-In what way is the message relayed (medium/channel)
-To whom is the message relayed (receiver)
-With what effect is the message relayed (effect)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
OS - Correct Answers -Left eye
VO - Correct Answers -verbal order
OU - Correct Answers -both eyes
prn - Correct Answers -when necessary
_
p - Correct Answers -after; post
qhs - Correct Answers -every night at bedtime (write out)
P - Correct Answers -pulse
q.i.d.; QID - Correct Answers -four times a day in waking hours
p.c. - Correct Answers -after meals
PCO2 - Correct Answers -partial pressure of carbon dioxide
(R); rt. - Correct Answers -right
R - Correct Answers -respiration, rectal
RBC, rbc - Correct Answers -red blood cells, red blood count
R/O - Correct Answers -rule out
RLL - Correct Answers -right lower lobe (lung)
PEG - Correct Answers -percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy
RLQ - Correct Answers -lower right quadrant (abdomen)
p.m.; P.M. - Correct Answers -afternoon
,ROM - Correct Answers -range of motion
SOB - Correct Answers -shortness of breath
R/T - Correct Answers -related to
WBC - Correct Answers -white blood count; white blood cells
RUL - Correct Answers -right upper lobe
Stat - Correct Answers -at once; immediately
RUQ - Correct Answers -right upper quadrant (abdomen)
-
S - Correct Answers -without
Rx - Correct Answers -prescription; take; therapy
SC - Correct Answers -subcutaneous (write out)
U/A - Correct Answers -urinalysis
X - Correct Answers -times, as 4x= four times
+ - Correct Answers -positive
= - Correct Answers -equal to
↑ - Correct Answers -increase(d)
♂ - Correct Answers -male
< > - Correct Answers -less than; greater than
o - Correct Answers -degree
- - Correct Answers -negative
, =/= - Correct Answers -unequal
↓ - Correct Answers -decrease(d)
♀ - Correct Answers -female
& - Correct Answers -and
Five Elements of Communication - Correct Answers --Who relays the message
(communicator)
-What is the message (says what)
-In what way is the message relayed (medium/channel)
-To whom is the message relayed (receiver)
-With what effect is the message relayed (effect)