Common Abbreviations
Activities of daily living
ADL
Low heart rate
Bradycardia - less than 60 beats per minute
The nursing assistant physically moves the client's joints - the client does not assist
Passive range of motion
1 oz
30 cc
Lying on the back
Supine
Below the knee amputation
BKA
Slow breathing
Bradypnea
The client has been limited in their ability to freely move about their environment
False imprisonment
210 cc
7 oz
Lying on the side
Side-lying
Head of bed
HOB
Blood pressure that is too high
Hypertension - Greater than 140/90
Active range of motion
16 oz
480 cc
Lying on the stomach
Prone
Opening in the abdomen in a resident with an ostomy is called
A stoma
Blood pressure that is too low
Hypotension - anything below 90/60
Physical shortening of the joint ligaments
Contracture
240 cc
8 oz
Client's elbows onthe table, andthe head is held in client's hands
Tripod
Nothing by mouth
NPO
High heart rate
Tachyonea - greater than 100 beats per minute
Moving towards the midline of the body
Adduction
25 oz
750 cc
Head of bed 80-90 degrees
High-fowlers