nursing/medical shorthand and symbols

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Hi everybody. I'm planning on starting my BSN this fall and am hoping to get a head start on a few things. Does anyone know of a website that has all of the nursing/medical shorthand and symbols? I want to start studying them now, that way there will be less to study then.

Or, if somebody has this in a document, please PM me and I'll get you my email address.

Thanks!

hbgwan

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Did you try googling it?

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I did but I couldn't seem to find anything exhaustive. There were a couple of sites that offered a bit but not much. I found a website that acronyms (i.e. PRN = as needed) but nothing with the actual symbols (i.e. 'c' with a line over it for 'with').

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http://depts.washington.edu/druginfo/Formulary/Abbreviations.pdf

http://www2.kumc.edu/pharmacy/medabbreviations.htm

Came up on a Google search (first link).

A good medical dictionary will include abbreviations and symbols too.

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awesome! thanks! i must have been searching for the wrong key words.

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Specializes in orthopedics, ED observation.

There are a few links on this thread (from the student nurse forum) that you might also find helpful: https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/acronym-help-84212.html

HTH! (Hope that helps! ;) )

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