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Nursing Abbreviation
Harcum Nursing 101 Abbreviations B
Question | Answer |
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Ba | Barium |
BAL | Blood Alcohol Level |
BCG | Bacille Calmette-guerin(a tuberculosis vaccination) |
BC or BCX | blood culture |
b.i.d | Twice daily, from Latin, bis in die |
BiPAP | Bi level positive airway pressure |
BE | Base excess |
BKA | below the knee amputation |
bl.cult | Blood culture |
bld | blood |
BLS | Basic life Support |
BMC | Bone Mass Content |
BMD | Bone mineral density(also termed bone mass measurement) |
BMI | Body mass index |
BMP | Blood Metabolic Profile |
BMR | Basal metabolic rate |
BMT | Bone Marrow Transplant |
BNP | Brain natriuretic peptide |
BP | Blood pressure |
BP | Bipolar disorder |
BPD | Bi-Parietal Diameter |
BPD | Borderline personality disorder |
BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
BMP | Beats per minute |
BPPV | Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
BRAT | Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, (dry)Toast:acronym for bland diet |
BRATY | Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, (dry)Toast Yogurt:acronym for bland diet for children |
BRP | Bathroom Privileges |
BRBPR | Bright red blood per rectum |
BS | Breath or Bowel sounds on Auscultation with stethoscope |
BSE | Breast self-examination |
BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
BVM | Bag valve mask device |
Bx | Biopsy |