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Hi ...I was wonderinging if any one could help...I am studying medical terminology this year..I am entering a nursing course next year and I am trying to get a ready for it...Can anyone help me with the following abbreviations...........
CCU.............Is it critical care unit or cardiac care unit ??????
IP ..........I'm thinking In Patient but cannot confirm????????
OP.............Out patient????????? Just a guess
D/C.........Day care or am I way of base???????
ETOH.....
L..............Left maybe??????
R..............Right??????
_pt............point
VS............no idea
T.............?????????
P..........??????????
R............?????????
Ht................Height?????
Wt....weight?????
HS..........
BS..............
TM..........
q.I.d.........
p.r.n..............
and is t.I.d or tds 3 times daily??????????????
help confused...
I have found alot of the answers but these ones are a bit harder to find and when I do there seems to be 10 different answers....
any help would be most appreciated.........does anyone else have this problem....How are you suppose to remeber them all....I think I memerized 30 then my brain went numb:uhoh3: