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Funds of Nursing III
acronyms and abbreviations
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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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