Nursing Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. Q.D.
   Each Day
2. Q.I.D.
   Four Times A Day
3. t.d.s.
   Three Times A Day
4. t.i.d.
   Three Times A Day
5. PARA
   paracentesis
6. marts
   Master of Arts
7. GMNS
   Garden Manor Nursery School
8. APRN
   Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
9. APRN
   Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
10. NCT
    Nuclear Cardiology Technologist
11. NANPA
    North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
12. APNA
    American Psychiatric Nurses Association's
13. CANA
    California Association of Nurse Anesthetists
14. TRUS
    Transrectal Ultrasound
15. CANSA
    Consolidated Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse
16. s&g
    Specific Gravity
17. V/S
    vital signs
18. 0
    years old
19. T1
    first thoracic vertebra
20. ANSR
    Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief

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