Mar and care kardexes HELP PLEASE

msn2008, MSN, RN · Jun 11, 2006

Daisey,

As a student one of the first courses I had was medical terminology and abbreviations, (some of which we are no longer permitted to use due to medication errors.) Do you have such a book? If not, why not? I was tested on hundreds of these every week for months!

Q=every

c=with (usually with a line over the c)

s= without (usually with a line over the s)

NSAID= non steroidal anti inflammatory drug

mEq=milli equivalent

Tx=treatment

Can you ask the nurses on the floor where you found these Kardexes and Mars to explain them to you? While there are universal abbreviations, each area has its own "slang". Don't be afraid to ask!

Melissa

Daisey357 · Jun 11, 2006

thank you for your help i will keep looking in my books for more abbreviations

Laughs-a-lot, RN · Jun 11, 2006

my instructor last semester gave me a website of illegal abbreviations, because unfortunately some I just learned my first semester. I'm sorry I cannot locate it at the moment, but my first semester they gave us like three pages of abbreviations, I discovered a list in the back of one text of abbreviations, and some as you see what it is pertaining to, like my instructor told me that my pt has OSA, write a paper on it for tomorrow morning, signs and symptoms(S&S), treatment(TX), etc. I had no clue what OSA was, but after reviewing other history (hx), realized it is obstructive sleep apnea. You might be able to find a website or a book with medical abbreviations also.

beautifulb · Jun 11, 2006

Also, in the back of some nursing drug handbooks there are abbreviations listed.

ACW=? anterior chest wall ?

w/a= while awake

Id= Infectious disease

I don't know if these are right but I have seen these abbreviations used for the above. Sometimes people use funky abbreviations that noone knows. :confused:

BeccaznRN, RN · Jun 13, 2006

Here is a website I used quite often when looking up abbreviations from notes in the charts.....

http://www.jdmd.com/glossary/

Daisey357 · Jun 13, 2006

Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions!

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Jun 13, 2006

here is another website where you can input abbreviations and get back a list of possible meanings

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

http://www.csufresno.edu/nursingstudents/fsnc/abbreviations.htm - common abbreviations used for nurses, particularly related to medication administration routes, times and measurements, iv solution shortened names, abbreviations of dosage forms, commonly used documentation terms and common lab tests that are ordered.