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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 - AbortionALL: - Allergies, allergic

A.R.O.M. - Artificial rupture of membrane

B.O.W. - Bag of waterB.P.D. - Biparietal diameter

B.P.M. - Beats per minute

Br - BreastB.T.L. - Bilateral tubal ligation

cm. or cms. - centimeter or centimeters

Contr or UC - Uterine ContractionC/S - Cesarean Section

CVA - Costovertebral angleCx - cervixD&C - Dilation and Curettage

D.R. - Delivery Room

EDB - Estimated date of birth

EDC - Estimated date of confinementEDD - Estimated date of delivery

EFM - External Fetal Monitor

E.B.L. - Estimated blood lossEff. - Effacement

E.F.W. - Estimated fetal weight

ELF - Elective low forcepsF.H.R. - Fetal heart rate

F.H.T. - Fetal heart tones

F.L. - Femur length

Grav - GravidaICN - Intensive Care Nursery

Inc.ab - Incomplete abortion

IUFD - Intrauterine fetal demiseIUPC - Intrauterine Pressure Catheter

LBR - Labor Birthing Room

L&D - Labor and Delivery

L.G.A. - Large for gestational ageLMP - Last menstrual period

MgSO4 - Magnesium Sulfate

Missed ab - Missed abortionMultip - Multipara, has borne more than one viable fetus

NBN - Newborn nursery

NSVD - Normal spontaneous deliveryNKDA - No known drug allergies

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Nullip - Nulliparous, never having borne a child

O.B. - Obstetrics

O.R. - Operating RoomPara - Parity

PCN - Penicillin

P.I.H. - Pregnancy Induced HypertensionP.P.T.L. - Postpartum tubal ligation

P.P. - Postpartum

p.p. - Presenting partPPROM - Prolonged preterm rupture of membranes (>24 hrs, 24 hrs.)

REEDA - Redness, ecchymosis, edema, drainage, appearanceROM - Rupture of membranes

R.R. - Recovery Room

SAB - Spontaneous abortion

Sta. - StationSE or FSE - Scalp Electrode

S.G.A. - Small for gestational ageS.R.O.M. - Spontaneous rupture of membranes

TAB - Therapeutic abortion

TIUP - Term intrauterine pregnancy

TOCO - tocodynamometerTOP - termination of pregnancy

US - Ultrasound

VE - Vaginal ExamLTV - long-term variability

ABSENT 0-2 BPM

Minimal = 3-5 BPMAverage to moderate = 6-25 BPM

Marked = greater than 25 BPM

STV - Short Term Variability, Present, AbsentLate decel - Late deceleration

Early decel - early deceleration

VAR decel - variable deceleration