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can anybody tell me what this means? IS/CDB q 1 hour got this as an order with a patient unable to determine the meaning thanks for your help

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can anybody tell me what this means? IS/CDB q 1 hour got this as an order with a patient unable to determine the meaning thanks for your help

Incentive Spirometry / Cough Deep Breathe every one hour. :)

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thank you very very much-- it is too bad that there are so many medical abbreviations-- appreciate ya

Incentive Spirometry / Cough Deep Breathe every one hour. :)
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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

This is why JCAHO is eliminating most abbreviations.

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Specializes in Neurology, Neurosurgerical & Trauma ICU.
can anybody tell me what this means? IS/CDB q 1 hour got this as an order with a patient unable to determine the meaning thanks for your help

Incentive Spirometer/Cough & Deep Breathe

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can anybody tell me what this means? IS/CDB q 1 hour got this as an order with a patient unable to determine the meaning thanks for your help

Incentive spirometer, cough & deep breathe every hour.

Whoops! Should have known somene already answered! Sorry!

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.
can anybody tell me what this means? is/cdb q 1 hour got this as an order with a patient unable to determine the meaning thanks for your help

is/cdb q 1 hour --- never in 30 years saw this as a standard abbreviation and i've worked respiratory nursing 20 of these years both hospital and home care.

agree with traumarusthis is why jcaho is eliminating most abbreviations.

one should never guess--look it up in the facility's approved definition list; if not there call the doctor for explanation.

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Specializes in Neurology, Neurosurgerical & Trauma ICU.

Really NRSKaren? You've never seen those abbreviations? Wow, I thought everyone used them! LOL Goes to show you how VERY different things can be between hospitals!

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.
LOL Goes to show you how VERY different things can be between hospitals!
That's why reading policy and procedure manual should be required part of first week of orientation and only using approved appreviations---they do differ between facilities.

ACS: is this acute coronoary syndrome or atherosclerosis?

SVD: is this sexual veneral disease or spontaneous lady partsl delivery?

PE: is this pulmonary emboli or pulmonary edema?

BIG difference.

Had a Doctor tell a nurse one time to "add up units of insulin in a syringe", meaning combine regular and NPH.

RN added together dose together of Regular and NPH and was planning to give it as ONE DOSE of REGULAR INSULIN. :rolleyes:

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

not simple lady partsl delivery

SPONTANEOUS lady partsl delivery...

rofl I can see why abbreviations are a problem, as most can.

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