The meaning of nursing abbreviations may vary depending on where you live. We do not endorse usage of any abbreviations/jargons. Do not use the information found on this site when dealing with real patients. ABG · arterial blood gasses or simply arterial blood gas ABN · abnormal ABP · arterial blood pressure abs · absent Ac · acute AC · anterior [...]

The meaning of nursing abbreviations may vary depending on where you live. We do not endorse usage of any abbreviations/jargons. Do not use the information found on this site when dealing with real patients. aa · equal part of each AA · affected area AAA · abdominal aortic aneurysm AAL · acute lymphoblastic leukemia, anterior axillary line AAROM · active [...]

The meaning of nursing abbreviations may vary depending on where you live. We do not endorse usage of any abbreviations/jargons. Do not use the information found on this site when dealing with real patients. A.P. · apical pulse A.S.A. or ASA · American Society of Anesthesiologists · acetylsalicylic acid A.S.A.1 or ASA1 · normal healthy patient A.S.A.2 or ASA2 [...]

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a – A.M.
A.P. – A2
aa – Abd pad
ABG – ACL

The meaning of nursing abbreviations may vary depending on where you live. We do not endorse usage of any abbreviations/jargons. Do not use the information found on this site when dealing with real patients. a · artery, before · It can also be used as a prefix to mean “without” as in anuria (without or non passage [...]

A new UK study that followed a large number of people found that those who took 10 or more prescriptions for oral bisphosphonates, a group of drugs commonly used to treat the bone disease osteoporosis, were at higher risk of developing esophageal cancer . You can read about the research behind this finding in a paper published online [...]

Girls eating a high-fat diet during puberty, even those who do not become overweight or obese, may be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life, according to Michigan State University researchers. The implications – that a high-fat diet may have detrimental effects independent of its effect to cause obesity – could [...]

Nurse-Family Partnership®, a leading non-profit organization addressing the needs of low income, first-time parents and their children, has received a $210,000 grant from the WellPoint Foundation. The WellPoint Foundation, a private, non-profit organization wholly funded by WellPoint, Inc., promotes WellPoint’s inherent commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in communities that [...]

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars have been selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future. Launched to address the faculty shortage and enhance diversity among nurse educators, this AACN-administered program provides generous financial support, [...]

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called for sustained investment to make 24-hour district nursing a reality in all areas, as they responded to the Second Annual Report on the End of Life Care Strategy. Dr. Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, said: “Progress is clearly being made towards ensuring that no matter [...]

Diabetes mellitus (IPA: or , or ), often simply diabetes (Greek: Διαβήτης), is a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and inappropriately high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) resulting from either low levels of the hormone insulin or from abnormal resistance to insulin’s effects coupled with inadequate levels of insulin secretion to compensate. The characteristic symptoms are excessive urine production [...]

Flu vaccine will soon be available at local pharmacies and doctor’s offices, and government officials are urging everyone over 6 months of age to receive it. This year’s vaccine protects against H1N1 and two other strains of seasonal flu. The recommendation represents a break from past years, when the government focused on vaccinating people in [...]

For the first time, an international team of medical researchers has successfully treated patients with a fatal and rare skin disease called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) using bone marrow stem cells: so far 10 children with an aggressive form of the disease have been treated successfully although two have since died from related complications. [...]

This is NR’s Nursing Resource links. We keep all important nursing-related resource links here in case it is needed. Each link further leads to another index of links. We have done this to categorized it base on their significance. Nursing Resource Links Nursing Work Abroad Resource Links Description: All nursing resource links related to nursing work [...]

Nursing-related files are stored in our community’s file cache, but for the sake of an easy search, we opened this directory to store all important files that could help you in your studies/career.

Nursing Documents Database

IELTS Sample Tests and Exams
Description: Contains downloadable IELTS Sample tests.

IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It measures how well you speak and write in English. Not only that, it also measures how quickly you grasp and understand the language. So, most of the time, the test involves listening. The following IELTS tests below are designed to test how good you are in [...]

Welcome to NR’s Practice Tests index. These tests will help you hone your skills in nursing, and help you improve in your career. Practice Tests Database Nursing Practice Tests Description: Contains nursing practice tests to help you pass your nursing exams. IELTS Practice Tests Description: Contains IELTS practice tests that determines how good you are in [...]

Welcome to Nursing-Resource’s encyclopedia. We are collecting nursing-related educational materials from time to time and store them here for future references. Our growing Nursing Encyclopedia database is categorized based on subject and significance. Nursing Encyclopedia Database Disease Encyclopedia Description: Contains list of known diseases and disorders. Medical Instruments Description: Contains list of all known instruments used in practice of medicine. Medical [...]

Nursing and Medical News Articles and Nursing Journals are stored here for future references. The archive is ordered from latest to oldest. The hierarchy below shows the year and the archive pages contained for that particular year. The page numbering system is also base on latest to oldest with 1 as the latest. 2010 Pages 1 [...]