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This is my third week in OB. I am tired of feeling like I have landed on a new planet that speaks martian:lol2: I have worked in family practice up until starting nursing school. I want to be a midwife and have read a lot on my free time, so I am surprised at how much I don't know. Every one talks so fast during report using abbreviations I am not familiar with. Not all, but enough! Could you list some here that you use and what they mean? That would be great!

Specializes in Antepartum, L&D, Postpartum.

Looks like you guys already got most of 'em. Forgive me if i'm repeating but here's a few we use regularly in L&D that I don't remember seeing:

HCV - Hepatitis C

TOLAC - trial of labor after cesarean

PROM - premature rupture of membranes

PPROM - pre-term premature rupture of membranes

IUPC - intrauterine pressure catheter

US - ultrasound

EFW - estimated fetal weight

AFI - amniotic fluid index

FM - fetal movement

CPD - cephalopelvic disproportion

a joke one that I've heard during report is WCO - won't come out (instead of CPD )

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Ok...

PROM can also mean 'prolonged rupture of membranes' ;)

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