Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Common Maternal and Child Nursing Abbreviation

ABBREVIATIONS frequently found in maternal/child and/or pediatric health records (Provided for student information only; use of abbreviations in documentation is discouraged due to errors in communication):
Ab - Abortion
ALL: - Allergies, allergic
A.R.O.M. - Artificial rupture of membrane
B.O.W. - Bag of water
B.P.D. - Biparietal diameter
B.P.M. - Beats per minute
Br - Breast
B.T.L. - Bilateral tubal ligation
cm. or cms. - centimeter or centimeters
Contr or UC - Uterine Contraction
C/S - Cesarean Section
CVA - Costovertebral angle
Cx - cervix
D&C - Dilation and Curettage
D.R. - Delivery Room
EDB - Estimated date of birth
EDC - Estimated date of confinement
EDD - Estimated date of delivery
EFM - External Fetal Monitor
E.B.L. - Estimated blood loss
Eff. - Effacement
E.F.W. - Estimated fetal weight
ELF - Elective low forceps
F.H.R. - Fetal heart rate
F.H.T. - Fetal heart tones
F.L. - Femur length
Grav - Gravida
ICN - Intensive Care Nursery
Inc.ab - Incomplete abortion
IUFD - Intrauterine fetal demise
IUPC - Intrauterine Pressure Catheter
LBR - Labor Birthing Room
L&D - Labor and Delivery
L.G.A. - Large for gestational age
LMP - Last menstrual period
MgSO4 - Magnesium Sulfate
Missed ab - Missed abortion
Multip - Multipara, has borne more than one viable fetus
NBN - Newborn nursery
NSVD - Normal spontaneous delivery
NKDA - No known drug allergies
Nullip - Nulliparous, never having borne a child
O.B. - Obstetrics
O.R. - Operating Room
Para - Parity
PCN - Penicillin
P.I.H. - Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
P.P.T.L. - Postpartum tubal ligation
P.P. - Postpartum
p.p. - Presenting part
PPROM - Prolonged preterm rupture of membranes (>24 hrs, <37 wks)
Primip - Primipara, has produced one infant
PROM - Prolonged rupture of membranes (>24 hrs.)
REEDA - Redness, ecchymosis, edema, drainage, appearance
ROM - Rupture of membranes
R.R. - Recovery Room
SAB - Spontaneous abortion
Sta. - Station
SE or FSE - Scalp Electrode
S.G.A. - Small for gestational age
S.R.O.M. - Spontaneous rupture of membranes
TAB - Therapeutic abortion
TIUP - Term intrauterine pregnancy
TOCO - tocodynamometer
TOP - termination of pregnancy
US - Ultrasound
VE - Vaginal Exam
LTV - long-term variability
ABSENT 0-2 BPM
Minimal = 3-5 BPM
Average to moderate = 6-25 BPM
Marked = greater than 25 BPM
STV - Short Term Variability, Present, Absent
Late decel - Late deceleration
Early decel - early deceleration
VAR decel - variable deceleration

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