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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
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