Abbreviations and Definitions #5

Confidential

private or secret

Ethics

dealing with what is good or bad

Jurisprudence

Science or philosophy of law

Legal

deriving authority from or founded on law

Liable

Legally responsible

Malpractice

Failure of professional skill or learning that results in injury, loss or damage

Moral

relating to principles of right or wrong

Negligence

Failure to execute the care that a reasonable (prudent) person exercises

Slander

Verbally communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person.

Ext

extremal

FBS

fasting blood sugar

FBW

fasting blood work

FF

force fluids

FHT

fetal heart tone

GB

gallbladder

GI

gastrointestinal

GTT

glucose tolerance test

gtt

drops

GU

genitourinary

H&H

hemoglobin and hematocrit

HCG

human chorionic gonadotropin

HCT

hematocrit

Hgb

hemoglobin

HOB

head of bed

Hr

hour

h.s (hs)

hours

hx

history

I&D

incision and drain

I&O

intake and output

Later

side lateral, pertaining to side

Lingua

tongue sublingual, below the tongue

Lith

stone

Mamm

breast

Mast

breast

Myo

Muscle

Naso

Nose

Nephro

kidney