Nursing Slang/abbreviation help!!

[frappachino]

I have a paitinet assignment, and my instructor wrote that my patient has a foley, a central line and a JP. What is a JP? (whats it stand for)? Also... it says V.S. = q shift. I dont know what V.S stands for or what a q shift is? Thanks anyone who can help me

[misti_z]

Okay....

JP=Jackson Pratt, a drain. Looks like it has a blood pressure bulb on the end of it.

VS=Vital signs

q shift=every shift

Hope this helps.

Are you a freshman nursing student? I'm very suprised your instructors have not gone over these terms with you.

Good luck in your studies.

[frappachino]

thanks misti!

i'm 2nd year student

my instructor has goine over it b4 but i just couldent remember it. Thanks so much

[misti_z]

Your very welcome!

[frappachino]

lol what dioes I&O stand for??? its says i&O=qshift... so somethinbg has to be done every shift but what? lol! soryr again

[panda_181]

I & O means ins and outs. What the patient has drank and what the patient has voided/vomited/drained in the JP, etc. I'm also a nursing student (going into my last year) and I know how scary clinical times can be! Good luck...

Amanda :)

[panda_181]

Sorry, and also IV would be an "in"...

Amanda :)

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

Try this. It hasn't got ALL of the abbreviations but has a lot.

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http://www.tbi-help.org/medical_abbreviations.htm

Where are you in school? Second year of.....? 2? 4?