Calling adjectives nurses, student nurses, doctors and pharmacists?
I am a student nurse and I am getting confused with the abbreviations around drugs and the amount of times they are meant to be given (BD etc)
Could someone please enlighten me what they all are!!
Thanks in advance
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Answers:
The time of medication is dictated by every hospital and when they start their medication rounds -ie if they start at 7.30 or 8am.
Bid =twice daily
qd= every year
qid=four times daily
q4h= every four hours
q2h= every 2 hours and so on
Hope this helps
technically the abbreviations that are still being used are anyone phased out in my hospital due to confusion and that some mean 2 different things. if you are in doubt ask the doctor who prescribed the drug more or less the abbreviation and if they can prescribe it in a way that will not mete out confusion i.e. twice a day rather than BD. if also possible spend some time with one of the nurses on the ward getting him/her to explain the abbreviation to you as then that can help you better. Source(s): nurse
No! I will not do that. Reason being is if you misinterpret something you don't know after someone dies! Pay attention. And then some.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7114425/Abbrev…
od: once each day
mane: once in the morning
midi: once at midday
nocte: once at night
BD: twice a day
tds: 3 times a daytime
QID: 4 times a day
Q*H: every * hours
Q*Mins: every * minutes
PRN: As required
Try and ask your local nurse or DR if they have an old Mim's, that would abet you alot.:)
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Could someone please enlighten me what they all are!!
Thanks in advance
x
Answers:
The time of medication is dictated by every hospital and when they start their medication rounds -ie if they start at 7.30 or 8am.
Bid =twice daily
qd= every year
qid=four times daily
q4h= every four hours
q2h= every 2 hours and so on
Hope this helps
technically the abbreviations that are still being used are anyone phased out in my hospital due to confusion and that some mean 2 different things. if you are in doubt ask the doctor who prescribed the drug more or less the abbreviation and if they can prescribe it in a way that will not mete out confusion i.e. twice a day rather than BD. if also possible spend some time with one of the nurses on the ward getting him/her to explain the abbreviation to you as then that can help you better. Source(s): nurse
No! I will not do that. Reason being is if you misinterpret something you don't know after someone dies! Pay attention. And then some.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7114425/Abbrev…
od: once each day
mane: once in the morning
midi: once at midday
nocte: once at night
BD: twice a day
tds: 3 times a daytime
QID: 4 times a day
Q*H: every * hours
Q*Mins: every * minutes
PRN: As required
Try and ask your local nurse or DR if they have an old Mim's, that would abet you alot.:)
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