Abbreviations List Spring 2025 PDF

**Abbreviations List Spring 2025** **Quiz on the first day of class** **a before** **@ at** **ac before meals** **ad lib at liberty (as you wish)** **ADL activities of daily living** **AED automated external defibrillator** **Adm admission** **AMA against medical advice** **ANA American Nu...

**Abbreviations List Spring 2025** **Quiz on the first day of class** **a before** **@ at** **ac before meals** **ad lib at liberty (as you wish)** **ADL activities of daily living** **AED automated external defibrillator** **Adm admission** **AMA against medical advice** **ANA American Nurses Association** **AND Allow Natural Death** **A&P Anatomy and Physiology or anterior & posterior** **BP blood pressure** **BRP bathroom privileges** **c with** **CA cancer** **C/C chief complaint** **CCU Critical Care Unit** **CNA Certified Nurse Assistant** **c/o complains of** **CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation** **Cont continuous or continued** **DC discontinue or discharge** **DNR do not resuscitate** **Dx diagnosis** **ED Emergency Department** **e.g. for example** **ER Emergency Room** **f/u follow up** **h/o history of** **H&P history and physical** **hs hour of sleep (bedtime)** **ICU Intensive Care Unit** **I&O Intake and output** **LPN Licensed Practical Nurse** **MVA motor vehicle accident** **NH nursing home** **NKA no known allergies** **NKDA no known drug allergies** **NPO nothing by mouth** **Obsv observation** **OOB out of bed** **OR Operating Room** **P after** **Pc after meals** **Path pathology** **Per through or by way of** **PO, po by mouth** **PRN as needed** **pt patient** **PT physical therapy/physical therapist** **r/t, R/T related to** **s without** **SPN Student Practical Nurse** **STAT immediately** **Tx treatment/therapy** **UAP unlicensed assistive personnel** **VS, V/S vital signs** **WC, W/C wheel chair** **WNL within normal limits** **wt weight** **x times** **∆ Change**