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Funds of Nursing III
acronyms and abbreviations
37
Medical
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2008

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Term
I C U
Definition
Intensive Care Unit
Term
I & D
Definition
Incision & Drainage
Term
I & O
Definition
Intake & Output
Term
I V
Definition
Intravenous
Term
I V P
Definition
Intravenous Pyelogram
Term
J C A H O
Definition

   Joint Commission on Accreditation                     

of Healthcare Organizations

Term
K V O
Definition
Keep Vein Open
Term
K +
Definition
Potassium ion
Term
L
Definition
Liter
Term
(L) or lt
Definition
Left
Term
L I B
Definition
Left In Bottle/Bag
Term
Lab
Definition
Laboratory
Term
lb
Definition
pound
Term
lg
Definition
large
Term
liq
Definition
liquid
Term
L O C
Definition
Level Of Consciousness
Term
L P N
Definition
Licensed Practical Nurse
Term
L R
Definition
Lactated Ringers (IV Solution)
Term
m l
Definition
milliliter
Term

M

Definition
Male / Meter
Term
min
Definition
minute
Term
med
Definition
medicine
Term
M R I
Definition
Magnetic Resonance Imagine
Term

M R S A

Definition
Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus
Term
N a +
Definition
Sodium Ion
Term
N A N D A
Definition
North American Nursing                           Diagnosis Association
Term
N C L E X - P N
Definition
National Council Licensure Examination                for Practical Nurses
Term

n e g

Definition
negative
Term
N G ,  N G T
Definition
Naso Gastric, Naso Grastric Tube
Term
N L N
Definition
National League for Nursing
Term
n o c t  or  n o c
Definition

nocturnal

(night)

Term
N P O
Definition
Nothing by Mouth , nil per os
Term
N / S
Definition
Normal Saline
Term
N S S
Definition
Normal Saline Solution
Term
N & V
Definition
Nausea & Vomiting
Term
N W B
Definition

Non Weight Bearing

Term
N E X
Definition
Noxe, Earlob, Xiphoid process
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