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Nursing Abbreviations

  1. QAM
    Every morning
  2. QHS
    Every Hour of sleep
  3. QPM
    Every night
  4. BID
    Twice a day
  5. Q12H
    every 12 hours
  6. TID
    three times a day
  7. ad
    to, up to
  8. ad. lib.
    • ad linitum
    • at pleasure
  9. a.a.
    • ana
    • of each
  10. a.c.
    • ante cibos
    • before meals
  11. aq.
    • aqua
    • water
  12. b.i.d.
    • bis in die
    • twice a day
  13. c
    with
  14. d.t.d.
    give such dose
  15. et
    and
  16. h.s.
    • hora somni
    • bed time
  17. in vit.
    • in vitro
    • in glass
  18. m.
    mix
  19. non. rep
    do not repeat
  20. o.d.
    • oculus dexter
    • right eye
  21. o.s.
    • oculus sinister
    • left eye
  22. o.d.
    omni die
  23. o.m.
    • omni mane
    • every morning
  24. o.n.
    • omni nocte
    • every night
  25. p.o.
    • per os
    • by mouth
  26. p.c.
    • post cibos
    • after meals
  27. p.r.n.
    pro re nata

    as the occasion arises
  28. q.s.
    • quantum suffuciat
    • sufficient quantity
  29. q.i.d.
    quater in die

    4x a day
  30. Rx
    • Recipe
    • take
  31. s
    • sine
    • without
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Nursing Abbreviations
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Nursing Abbreviations
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