Hospital Terminology

Hospital Terminology

100

Preparing large quantity of unit dose medications for future use

Batching

200

List of drugs stocked at the hospital that have been selected based on therapeutic factors and cost

Formulary

300

How nurses document if a medication was administered or not

MAR- medication administration record

400

A system in which medication are dispensed from an automated unit at the point of use

Automated Dispensing System

500

Contains the inventory and allows you to pull medication required for order.

CPM- Centralized pharmacy machine

Hospital Staff Abbreviation

100

MD

Medical Doctor

200

RN

Registered Nurse

300

LPN

Licensed Practical Nurse

400

RT

Respiratory Therapist

500

MSW

Masters of Social Work

Hospital Units

100

ED

Emergency department

200

PICU

pediatric ICU

300

ICU

intensive care unit

400

PACU

post anesthesia care unit

500

BMTU

bone marrow transplant unit

Military Time

100

0000

Midnight

200

1300

1:00p.m

300

1700

5:00p.m.

400

0300

3:00a.m

500

1900

7:00p.m.

Military Time

100

0200

2:00a.m.

200

2000

8:00p.m

300

2300

11:00p.m.

400

1200

Noon

500

1400

2:00p.m.