ABBREVIATIONS (TUESDAY/WED) Identify abbreviations commonly used in a health care setting.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Chapter 5 Abbreviations & Systems of Measurement

Advertisements

SBAR Technique for Communication

S Seven Steps to Medication Safety : Identifying and Reporting Medication Safety Incidents Bite-sized training P S East & South East England Specialist.

Prescription/Medication Order 1 st step in the medication delivery process – Prescription – Medication order Components – Patient name – DOB – Date /

Medical Abbreviations A PRESENTATION. t.i.d. = three times a day q.i.d. = four times a day qd = daily NPO = nothing by mouth.

Inter-Professional Training Joseph Sung. Facts Separate teaching for medical, nursing, public health and pharmacy student By tradition, very little interactions.

Instructions say P.O. q 4 h prn pain.

MEDICATION CALCULATION TEST REVIEW

Parenteral Calculations

Your Medicine: Play it Safe. Your Health Care Team Doctors, nurse practitioners, and other medical professionals Nurses Pharmacists Use the link below.

BASIC PHARMACOLOGY Generic Brand Name. Objectives Categories Label Terminology Abbrevi- ations Law Administra- tion Conversions Dosage.

Chapter 5 Prescriptions. Learning Objectives understanding of the prescription process. knowledge of abbreviations used in pharmacy. knowledge of the.

1.Define the following torts: AssaultBattery SlanderLibel Invasions of PrivacyAbuse False ImprisonmentDefamation of Character NegligenceMalpractice 2.What.

1.01 Identify abbreviations commonly used in the health care setting.

Medication/ Medication Administration

The Antidote to Alert Fatigue May 26, 2010 Best Ever Medical Center Best City, IL MMI – 406: Decision Support Systems and Healthcare Suzi Birz, Nicki.

1 Good Questions for Good Health. 2 Health Information Can Be Confusing Everyone wants help with health information You are not alone if you find health.

Week 2 Medication Orders/Rx’s chapter 5 Measurement Systems chapter 7 Pharmacology HS140 *** Jenny Hayes 1.

Medicine!. Note: I’m not entirely sure what career I will study for yet. What I do know is that I want to have a career in the medical field.

The Case for Medication Reconciliation Patient Stories Originally presented to High 5s Workshop Oct 2010 by Margaret Duguid Pharmaceutical Advisor Australian.

Bar Code Medication Administration Verifying Orders in EHR.

Physician’s Orders 1. Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure 2. Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing every 4 hours 3. Chest x-ray immediately 4. Arterial.

Introduction to Pharmacology. Nurse Practice Act Defines scope Role of the LPN.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT Department of Children and Families Medication Administration Certification Training Based on the Basic Medication Administration.

Medical Math Ms. Ryan MCATC.  Dimensional Analysis involves setting up a series of fractions.  All information is in one problem  Students do not have.

Writing Orders and Prescriptions

Calclulation of Drug Dosages

Welcome to LA HAP!. What is LA HAP? Louisiana Health Access Program L-DAP: Medicine HIP: Insurance premiums and cost-shares A part of the Ryan White program.

2013 CANDY or MEDICINE.

Medication Review.

CORT First Friday September 5, 2008 Access to Prescription Medications: A Promise Met or A Dream Deferred Eugene R. King Ohio State Legal Services Association.

Using medical abbreviations and terminologly. Identify medical terms and abbreviations. Define suffixes and prefixes. Combine parts to make medical words.

Ezequiel Ortega Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Urgent Care Center Jennifer Storch LPN Manager.

Math in Medicine By Sara Cerquera. Who Uses it?  Many Doctors and Nurses use math to prescribe medications.  Medical professionals use math to graph.

Medical Terminology Word Roots PrefixesSuffixesAbbreviations.

PRONUNCIATION OF MEDICAL TERMS

Copyright © 2016 McGraw-Hill Education. Permission required for reproduction or display. CHAPTER Introduction to Health Records 2.

Physician’s Orders 1. Diagnosis: Congestive Heart Failure 2. Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing every 4 hours 3. Chest x-ray immediately 4. Arterial.

Wisconsin Health Literacy Conference Keith W. Trettin R

1.01 Identify abbreviations commonly used in the health care setting.

Drug Orders & Prescriptions

Practice medication dosing

Medical Terminology.

Calculation Review Pharmacy Operations.

Information Community Pharmacists Need to Help Patients

Ann Intern Med. 2014;160(11): doi: /M Figure Legend:

List 11 Abbreviations Part 2

LATIN TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Nurse Practitioner Works Cited

DRUG PRESCRIBING.

Common Medical Abbreviations

Medication Adherence Solution

Common Medical Abbreviations

1.01 Identify abbreviations commonly used in the health care setting.

Medical & Pharmacology

QUALITY: PATIENT-CENTERED, TIMELY CARE

How to Read a Prescription

Denmark Leads the Way In IT and Patient-Centered Primary Care 2006: An Example of High Performance Highest public satisfaction with health system among.

Only 28% of U.S. Primary Care Physicians Have Electronic Medical Records; Only 19% Advanced IT Capacity, 2006 Percent reporting 7 or more out of 14 functions*

More Than One-Third of Women in the U. S. Skip Care Because of Cost vs

Interpreting Drug Orders

Commonly Used Medical Abbreviations

David RP Terry Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Me and My Medication Module 5.

How to Get the Most from your Health Insurance

Presentation transcript:

ABBREVIATIONS (TUESDAY/WED) Identify abbreviations commonly used in a health care setting

WHAT ARE ABBREVIATIONS: -ARE SHORTENDED FORMS OF WORDS, USUALLY JUST LETTERS EXAMPLE: AM-MORNING PM-EVENING -Abbreviations are used in many health fields and health care settings: doctor offices, medical centers, hospitals. -Doctors use abbreviations on a daily basis, they do not write out everything. Majority of the time almost all orders and prescriptions has abbreviations on them.

WHY IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABBREVIATIONS: USED ON A DAILY BASIS IF YOU ARE A NURSE YOU WILL HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO READ THEM TO THE PATIENT AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE MEDICINE IS AND WHY THEY ARE BEING PRESCRIBED THAT. IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL ABBREVIATIONS, WHAT MEDICINE YOU ARE GIVING. IF YOU ARE A PATIENT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ YOUR PRESCRIPTION BEFORE TURNING IT INTO THE PHARMACY PHARM- WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSCRIBE WHAT THE DOCTOR WROTE

1 ST SET OF WORDS/ABBREVIATIONS YOU WILL BE QUIZED ON THIS FRIDAY!!! 1.STAT 11. mg 21. < 2.VS 12. mL 3.RX 13. L 4.PRN 14. cc 5.HS 15. tsp 6.NPO 16. EKG 7.PO 17. d/c 8.BID 18. EEG 9.Q2H 19. DNR 10.AMB 20. >

EXAMPLE OF A PRESCRIPTION:

EXAMPLE:

GROUP TIME!!! GROUPS OF 5, ONE GROUP WILL HAVE 4 EVERY GROUP WILL GET A PRESCRIPTION 1. TRANSCRIBE PRESCRIPTION: NAME OF MED, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY TIMES A DAY, HOW MANY PILLS DID THE DOCTOR WRITE FOR, LIST THE ABBREVIATION/S 2. LOOK THE MEDICINE UP AND TELL ME WHAT THE MEDICINE IS FOR

GROUP #1:

GROUP #2:

GROUP #3:

GROUP #4:

GROUP #5: