Medical Terminology Abbrebiations Quiz

What does BID mean?

• Twice a day

• Every other hour

• Twice an hour

• Every other day

What does DNR mean?

• Do not rotate

• Do not resuscitate

• During night resuscitate

• Do not turn on the right side

Which of these abbreviations means as needed?

• PRN

• p.c.

• NPO

• a.s.

What does OTC mean?

• On the chin

• Outside the heart

• On the cheek

• Over the counter

Which of these abbreviations means without?

• c

• w/c

• s

• ss

What does this order mean: BR c BRP, NPO p MN, VS q.am.?

• Bedrest and bathroom privileges with vital signs every hour

• Bathroom privileges and vital signs after midnight

• Bedrest with bathroom privileges, nothing by mouth past midnight, vital signs every morning

• Bedrest, nothing by mouth, and vital signs four times a day

What does CHF mean?

• Clots in the Hands and Fingers

• Cardiac Heart Failure

• Congestive Heart Failure

• Clots Have Formed

Which of these abbreviations indicates the right eye?

• OS

• OD

• RE

• OM

What does CNS mean?

• Central Nervous System

• Central Nasal Sinuses

• Cranial Nerve System

• Cranial Nerve Syndrome

Which of these abbreviations indicates a heart attack?

• CI

• HA

• MS

• MI