Help with abbreviations

meownsmile, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2004

From a non OB nurse, but experienced mother/RN,,, i am summizing these are probly facility specific and not universally accepted abbreviations.

G/P= Gravida/Para,, meaning number of pregancies and live births.

F Hrt= fetal heart as in fetal heart tones?

Just my guess,, the rest are a mystery to me.

2ndCareerRN · Sep 21, 2004

Try this site for your abbreviation to word needs. You will need to narrow down to the specific one.

Such as EDC,

1-Ethyl-3-[3-(Dimethylamino)Propyl]Carbodiimide (Hydrochloride)
Economic Development Committee (UK)
Effective Dynamic Compliance
Electrodesiccation and Curettage
Electronic Data Capture
Emergency Decontamination Center
Emergency Decontamination Centre
End-Diastolic Count Epidemiology Of Diabetes Complications Medical Articles
Epidermal Differentiation Complex
Estimated Date of Conception
Estimated Date of Confinement (when the baby is expected to be born)
Ethanol Derived Calories
Ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide
Ethylene Dichloride
European Documentation Centre
Expected Date of Confinement
Expected Delivery, Cesarean
Extensor Digitorum Communis

It could either be Estimated date of conception or Estimated date of confinement.

http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/

bob

BTW, who ever thought up Estimated Date of confinement for delivery, it isn't like going to jail.....or is it? A possible 18 yr sentence!! :rotfl:

Marnaby · Sep 21, 2004

I'm pretty sure that GBS stands for Group B Streptococcus. It a very popular thing to test the mothers for prior to delivery (if I remember correctly). Good luck with the rest :)

Marnaby · Sep 21, 2004

Oh, and BOW stands for Bag of Waters...

BETSRN · Sep 21, 2004

You have to be careful with abbreviations now: especially those related to medications and when they are given. For instance, we are not supposed to use QD anymore for "daily". It has to be written out. Same for MgSO4: have to write our Mag Sulfate so as not to confuse someone and theink they mean morphine (which has similar letters. Those OB abbreviations are correct. However, I might add the fetal heart rate is usually abbreviated FHR. Why do you need to "look them up?" If you are a nursing student, your instructor should tell you what they mean.

mathew · Sep 22, 2004

You have to be careful with abbreviations now: especially those related to medications and when they are given. For instance, we are not supposed to use QD anymore for "daily". It has to be written out. Same for MgSO4: have to write our Mag Sulfate so as not to confuse someone and theink they mean morphine (which has similar letters. Those OB abbreviations are correct. However, I might add the fetal heart rate is usually abbreviated FHR. Why do you need to "look them up?" If you are a nursing student, your instructor should tell you what they mean.

unfortunetly, we dont have that kind of a instructor...we need to research on our own and know what we're doing on the spot :uhoh21:

Mimi2RN, ASN, RN · Sep 22, 2004

In Labor and Delivery, there is a chart with the following abbreviations:
G/P
EDc
GBS
F Hrt
Bow
X: Time Eam
What are they shorthand for? I need to go look them up and what they signify, but don't know what the word is. Thanks!

Gravida/Para......How many times pregnant/delivered

Estimated Date of Confinement......Due date

Group B strep....We like neg, but still no guarantees (for the baby)

Fetal Heart Rate....Babies HR, good variability or not

Bag of Waters......Ruptured? Time?

Time of Exam

I'm the baby nurse, and these are mostly questions I like answered if I am called to a delivery