A-E
Ca
What is cancer?
HOB
What is the head of the bed?
NC
What is a nasal cannula?
It is a tube that delivers supplemental oxygen directly to one's nose through two small prongs. People may get oxygen delivered at varying liters per minute. So we may say a patient is on 2LO2 via NC: patient is on two (extra) liters per minute of oxygen via nasal cannula.
RA
What is room air?
Up ad lib
What is up as desired, when a patient can move around independently, with or without a device?
ADLs
What are activities of daily living?
JP
What is a Jackson-Pratt Drain?
It is a grenade shaped drain that uses vaccuum technology to drain liquid from inside a person's body.
NPO
What is nothing by mouth (no food or drink)?
PROM
What is passive range of motion?
PROM is when another person moves one's joints to keep them mobile.
Urosotomy
What is an opening in the skin (a stoma) on the abdomen that allows urine to be drained from the urinary tract to the outside of the body, collecting in a bag to be emptied?
BG
What is blood glucose, also commonly referred to as blood sugar?
This refers to how much sugar is circulating in a patient's blood. A finger-stick, obtained by a CNA, obtains a drop of blood that is fed into a small machine that tells us what someone's blood sugar level is so that the right amount of medicine can be given.
Incontinent
What is the term used to describe the inability to get to the bathroom to void urine or stool or both?
OOB
What is out of bed?
Q2H
What is every 2 hours?
TCDB
These are techniques that we use to prevent pneumonia in patients who are bed-bound, debilitated or post-surgery.
A & O X 4
What is alert and oriented times 4?
A person may be alert and oriented times 1,2,3, or 4: to person, place, time, and/ or situation.
HOH
What is hard of hearing?
OT
What is an Occupational Therapist?
Occupational Therapists are concerned with helping patients perform daily tasks more easily, they may also focus on making patients home or school environments more optimal for their everyday lives.
RUE
What is a right upper extremity?
VS
What are vital signs?
ETOH
What is the chemical abbreviation for alcohol?
This is in reference to someone who suffers from an alcohol use disorder.
I & Os
What are intakes and outputs?
When we measure all the liquid that comes in/out of a person, we say they are on I&Os.
Lap Site
What is a laparascopic site, or an area of a small incision, about 1 cm or less in length, made during a minimally invasive surgery?
s / sx
What are signs or symptoms?
Signs are objective data, symptoms are reported sensations that can cannot be observed.
WBAT
What is weight-bearing as tolerated?
Patient may bear as much weight or pressure on a given limb as is comfortable, and to decrease pressure when it is uncomfortable.