Nursing Abbreviations Terminologies

Nursing Abbreviations Terminologies

ā - ✔✔Before

AAROM - ✔✔active assisted range of motion

abd - ✔✔abdomen

ABR - ✔✔absolute bedrest

ac, a.c. - ✔✔before meals

AD - ✔✔Alzheimer's disease

ADC - ✔✔AIDS dementia complex

ad lib - ✔✔as desired

ADLs - ✔✔activities of daily living

adm - ✔✔admission

AED - ✔✔automated external defibrillator

AHA - ✔✔American Heart Association

AIDS - ✔✔acquired immune deficiency syndrome

AIIR - ✔✔airborne infection isolation room

AKA - ✔✔above knee amputation

am,AM - ✔✔morning

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,AMA - ✔✔against medical advice, American Medical Association

amb - ✔✔ambulate, ambulatory

AMD - ✔✔age-related macular degeneration

amt. - ✔✔amount

ANS - ✔✔autonomic nervous system

ant - ✔✔anterior

a.p,AP - ✔✔apical pulse

approx - ✔✔approximately

AROM - ✔✔active range of motion

ASAP - ✔✔as soon as possible

assist - ✔✔assistance

as tol - ✔✔as tolerated

A, T, D - ✔✔admission, transfer, and discharge

ax - ✔✔axillary

BID, b.i.d. - ✔✔two times a day

BKA - ✔✔below knee amputation

bld - ✔✔blood


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, BLS - ✔✔basic life support

BM - ✔✔bowel movement

BP, B/P - ✔✔blood pressure

BPH - ✔✔benign prostatic hypertrophy

BPM - ✔✔beats per minute

BR - ✔✔bed rest

BRP - ✔✔bathroom privileges

BSC - ✔✔bedside commode

BSE - ✔✔breast self-examination

C - ✔✔centigrade, celsius

c ̅ - ✔✔with

Ca/CA - ✔✔calcium, cancer, carcinoma

CAD - ✔✔coronary artery disease

cal - ✔✔calorie

cath - ✔✔catheter

CBC - ✔✔complete blood count

CBI - ✔✔continuous bladder irrigation


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