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Feb 04, 2008 09:09 AM

nursing/medical shorthand and symbols

by hbgwan

Hi everybody. I'm planning on starting my BSN this fall and am hoping to get a head start on a few things. Does anyone know of a website that has all of the nursing/medical shorthand and symbols? I want to start studying them now, that way there will be less to study then.

Or, if somebody has this in a document, please PM me and I'll get you my email address.

Thanks!
hbgwan

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No. 1
from TazziRN
Old Feb 04, 2008, 09:38 AM

Default Re: nursing/medical shorthand and symbols
Did you try googling it?
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from hbgwan
Old Feb 04, 2008, 10:47 AM

Default Re: nursing/medical shorthand and symbols
I did but I couldn't seem to find anything exhaustive. There were a couple of sites that offered a bit but not much. I found a website that acronyms (i.e. PRN = as needed) but nothing with the actual symbols (i.e. 'c' with a line over it for 'with').
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from Emmanuel Goldstein
Old Feb 04, 2008, 11:17 AM

Default Re: nursing/medical shorthand and symbols
http://depts.washington.edu/druginfo...reviations.pdf

http://www2.kumc.edu/pharmacy/medabbreviations.htm

Came up on a Google search (first link).

A good medical dictionary will include abbreviations and symbols too.
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from hbgwan
Old Feb 04, 2008, 12:07 PM

Default Re: nursing/medical shorthand and symbols
awesome! thanks! i must have been searching for the wrong key words.
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No. 5
from MNmom3boys
Old Feb 05, 2008, 12:23 AM

Default Re: nursing/medical shorthand and symbols
There are a few links on this thread (from the student nurse forum) that you might also find helpful: http://allnurses.com/forums/f50/acronym-help-84212.html

HTH! (Hope that helps! )
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