Nursing Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. ACN
   Association of Camp Nurses
2. ACN
   Australian College of Nursing
3. AFT
   Afternoon
4. ANR
   Adult Nursing Relationship
5. APS
   American Pain Society
6. B
   Bilateral
7. C
   Count
8. C
   with (usually written with a bar on top of the "c")
9. CAM
   Complementary Alternative Medicine
10. CAP
    Capsule
11. CAPA
    Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse
12. CAPS
    Capsule
13. CARB
    Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
14. CAT
    Computed Axial Tomography
15. CAT
    Computerized Tomography Scan
16. CCM
    Certified Case Manager
17. CCTC
    Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator
18. CIS
    Carcinoma in Situ
19. COP
    Copper
20. D
    Discontinue

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