What does S.R. stand for?

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Hey guys,

I am writing up some drug cards and was wondering what "Increase S.R." means. It's a nursing intervention when administering antiemetics.

Thank you in advance!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

usually it means slow release/sustained release. How was it used?

Maybe symptom relief?

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If your book is using abbreviations, somewhere in the beginning of the book or in an appendix there should be a list of them with explanations of what they mean. Go find it.

"SR" generally means sustained release, but I can't tell from your question whether that's appropriate for your drug or even how it's given in you reading.

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Could it be-Sleep and Rest?

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It was in a document about antiemetics, and in the nursing implications it had an up arrow and S.R. next to it. MendedHeart, I bet you are right, it is sleep and rest. Thank you so much you guys!

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Don't guess, find the table that tells you what the abbreviations mean. Don't ever guess.

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There are a ton of medical abbreviations that are for SR. There are lists online. Sleep and rest are on several. Unless your teach gave you specific ones to use, your good.

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Specializes in Cath Lab & Interventional Radiology.

I honestly have never seen an abbreviation of SR that means sleep and rest. I would definitely take GrnTea's advice and look up the abbreviation in the appendix.

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Ive never seen it either but it exists..lol

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Mental Health.

OP, if you can post exactly what is written, it would be easier to answer. Was it in a sentence? In a list?

Still, the best answer is the previously given one "look it up in the book".

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