Medical abbreviations

Abbreviations—important pharmacologic and general medical abbreviations die nurse needs to know when caring for die patient undergoing drug therapy are spelled out in die back of die text. 

Medical abbreviations and their meanings. Placed at the end of each chapter, these lists facilitate learning the accepted shorthand used in real-world medical practice. 

Appendices useful to students and practitioners. These appendices include 1) conversion factors and anthropometries 2) common laboratory tests and their reference ranges and 3) common medical abbreviations. 

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