Nursing Abbreviations 2

Fahrenheit

fever of unknown origin

Fracture

Gram

Gastrointestinal

Genitourinary

Drop

Gynecology

Explaination:  medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system (uterus, vagina, and ovaries

Gastro esophageal reflux disease

Explaination: is a condition in which the stomach contents (food or liquid) leak backwards from the stomach into the esophagus. This action can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn

Hour

Hemoglobin

Explainatoin: It is a molecule in the red blood cell that carried oxygen

Hematocrit

Explaination:  is the proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red blood cells

History of

Head of Bed

Hard of Hearing

has not voided

at bedtime (hour of sleep)

Hypertension

Explaination: It is high blood pressure

History

Head, ears, eyes, nose, throat

Intensive Care Unit

incision & drainage

Explaination: minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, from a boil or infection. Treating the area with an antiseptic, make a small incision that allows the pus fluid to escape by draining

Intramuscular

Explaination: To do something within a muscle

Impression

intake and output

Intravenous

Intravenous soluset

Explaination: When medicine is added to an IV fluid

Intravenous piggyback

Explaination: Adding medicine to a IV that is already inserted into the vein

Kilogram

Potassium

Keep vein open

Liter

Left lower quadrant

Last menstral period

Lumbar puncture

Explaination: performed in your lower back, a needle is inserted between two lumbar bones (vertebrae) to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid 

Left upper, lower lobe lung

Left upper quadrant

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Explaination: is enlargement of the muscle tissue that makes up the wall of your heart's left ventricle. Caused by high blood pressure and results in less blood delivered to the body

Microgram

Milliequivalent

Explaination: One thousandth (10-3) of a gram equivalent of a another substance

Milligram

myocardial infarction

Explaination: Heart attack. results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die

Milliliter

Millimeter

Milk of Magnesia

Explaination: Magnesium hydroxide is used as a laxative to relieve occasional constipation and as an antacid to relieve indigestion, sour stomach, and heartburn

Sodium

Solium chloride

Negative

Nothing by mouth

normal saline

Explaination: a solution of 0.90% w/v of NaCl. IVs for patients who cannot take fluids orally and to prevent dehydration

normal sinus rhythm

No apparent distress

Non insulin dependent diabetes

Explaination: Type 2 diabetes. Normally developes later in life. Can be monetered by diet with no insulin injections

Obstetrics

Explaination: medical care during pregnancy and childbirth

out of bed

Ova & parasites

Explaination: test to determine if a stool sample contains parasites or eggs (ova) that are associated with intestinal infections

Operating Room

Oxygen

Ointment

Ophthalmology

Explaination: branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. Does operations on the eye

Orthopedics

Explaination: study of the human musculoskeletal system

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