OB foreign language

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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 Pediatrics, Lactation, Women's Health, Obstetrics.

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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