Abbreviations

agldragonRN · Dec 31, 2008

i know what you mean. at first i was like what does dh mean. then i figured it out myself.

however, i have never seen anyone use dw for dear wife.

sometimes, when i see an abbreviation i don't understand, i just wait for somebody to clarify and ask then

i get it. i'm too lazy to ask and post it. :wink2:

anyway, i guess using abbreviations are kind a second nature to nurses.

Baloney Amputation, BSN, LPN, RN · Dec 31, 2008

Just a tip--if they are medical abbreviations that you see that don't know, go to http://www.medilexicon.com for all the stinking acronyms you would ever want to search. I use that site a lot. :) Otherwise, people are pretty helpful in letting you know what they are saying.

otiscokat · Dec 31, 2008

I'm with you. I just wait and hope all is clarified in the next reply. Be the way, I learned on another forum a wife is SWMBO ( she who must be obeyed). Somehow I think DW would be better.

rhondaa83 · Dec 31, 2008

I agree. Sometimes on this site, it is like a foreign language people are speaking and I will just quit reading the post because it does not make sense. I say let us all speak regular normal people language:)

Whispera, MSN, RN · Dec 31, 2008

just like we should limit our medical jargon with patients and their families, it's nice to limit jargon with each other sine we don't all speak the same jargon or initials!

hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2008

Google searches are your friend.

carroll77566 · Dec 31, 2008

I think medical abbreviations are one thing....it's when phone text abbreviations are used that i have a problem.:wink2:

kathygray · Dec 31, 2008

I'm a nurse also and I didn't even know how to start posting returns ...and some of the abbreviations not the medical ones but the others i just guess. So good luck.

NursKris82 · Dec 31, 2008

I agree. Some of the abbrviations, not medical ones, leave others feeling lost. I love abbreviations. I like the idea of writing them in parenthesis, which takes even more time or starting a little sticky. The sticky can have the most frequenlty used abbreviations on this site and can be updates as needed. Something like "All Nurses Un-Offical Abbreviations". When I first encountered abbreviations I didn't know I went to the abbreviations sticky- but they were all medical. Just one woman's idea.

vivibonita · Jan 4, 2009

I'm sorry but there are some abbreviations that are used here that can't even be found on google... is like you are reading a good post and all of a sudden you lose the train of thought because one abbreviation that isnt even medical comes up. Sometimes when you ask the posted about the meaning it can take a long time before you get an answer or you break the flow of the thread. The simpler the better, especially for those that don't speak our same lingo.

Kriseh- I like your idea of the sticky, we should bring it up to the mods :)

hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN · Jan 4, 2009

I'm sorry but there are some abbreviations that are used here that can't even be found on google... is like you are reading a good post and all of a sudden you lose the train of thought because one abbreviation that isnt even medical comes up. Sometimes when you ask the posted about the meaning it can take a long time before you get an answer or you break the flow of the thread. The simpler the better, especially for those that don't speak our same lingo.
Kriseh- I like your idea of the sticky, we should bring it up to the mods :)

Nonsense. You just need to practice your google-fu. Try putting the abbreviation in along with a context clue or try "abbreviation: ABBREVIATION HERE" and scroll through some of the many lists of abbreviations that inevitably pop up.

I guarantee you there's not a single abbreviation in use you can't find via google. Go ahead, try me.