Common Pharmaceutical Medicinal abbreviations for Nursing Students

When to administer medications through valid time stamps:

100

Before Meals 

AC

200

After meals

PC

300

As needed

PRN

400

Immediately 

Stat

500

Drop

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Where to administer?

100

Sublingually 

SL

200

Intradermal

ID

300

Intramuscular

IM

400

Intravenous

IV

500

By mouth

PO

Medical Abbreviations for times of day and measurable time:

100

Four-times a day

QID

200

Twice-a-day

BID

300

Hour

h

400

Three-times a day

TID

500

When we are writing out measurements, which contain decimals, what are we instructed to do in order to prevent (as much as we possibly can,) mistakes which can cause life-threatening complications as a result? :

HINT: It, more than likely, wouldn't be our mistake to misread it, but we are partially at fault because we didn't take measures to prevent this from happening by? :

0.5 Adding a zero before a decimal is placed in numerical values lower than a 1. 

Household to metric conversions:

100

1 tsp is equivalent to:

5mL

200

1 Tbsp is equivalent to:

15mL

300

1 oz is equivalent to:

30mL

400

1 Cup (8oz) is equivalent to:

240mL

500

2.2lbs is equivalent to:

1kg

Pre-Fix Bases to their measurements in metrics:

100

Kilo-

1000

200

Hecto-

100

300

Deka-

10

400

Milli-

0.001

500

Micro-

0.000001