Glossary of Terms
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Acronym |
Meaning |
24/7 |
24 hours / 7 days a week |
3S |
3 South Unit |
ADN |
Associate Degree in Nursing |
AACN |
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses |
AAFP |
American Academy of Family Physicians |
AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
ACA |
Affordable Care Act |
ACC |
Adult Critical Care |
ACHP-SW |
Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker |
ACLS |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
ACNM |
American College of Nurse-Midwives |
ACNP-BC |
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified |
ACOG |
American College of Gynecologists |
ACS |
Acute Coronary Syndrome; American College of Surgeons |
ACS NSQIP |
American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
ACT |
Accelerated Change Team; Assessment-Care-Treatment |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
AHA |
American Heart Association |
AHCA |
Agency for Health Care Administration |
AHIP |
Academy of Health Information Professionals |
AHP |
Allied Health Professional |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AIDET |
Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank You |
AMI |
Acute Myocardial Infarction |
AMSN |
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses |
ANA |
American Nurses Association |
ANCC |
American Nurses Credentialing Center |
ANP-BC |
Adult Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified |
AOC |
Administrator On Call |
AONE |
American Organization of Nurse Executives |
AORN |
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses |
ARNP |
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner |
ARNP-BC |
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner- Board Certified |
ASA |
American Stroke Association |
ASPAN |
American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses |
ASPEN |
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
AVP |
Assistant Vice President |
AWHONN |
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses |
BCPS |
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist |
BCQPS |
Board Committee for Quality and Patient Safety |
BHLE |
Baptist Health Leadership Experience |
BHSF |
Baptist Health South Florida (a.k.a Baptist Health) |
BHU |
Baptist Health University |
BLS |
Basic Life Support |
BPF |
Best Practice Fair |
BSN |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
BST |
Breastfeeding System-Wide Taskforce |
CAM-ICU |
Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit |
CAPC |
Center to Advance Palliative Care |
CAUTI |
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection |
CBT |
Computer-Based Training |
CCI |
Competency and Credentialing Institute |
CCNE |
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education |
CCNS |
Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist |
CCP |
Compassionate Care Program |
CCPC |
Certified Chest Pain Coordinator |
CCRN |
Critical Care Registered Nurse |
CCT |
Certified Cardiographic Technician |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDE |
Certified Diabetic Educator |
CDS |
Care Delivery System |
CE |
Continuing Education |
CEN |
Center for Excellence in Nursing; Certified Emergency Nurse |
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
CEU |
Continuing Education Unit |
CETEP |
Clinical Excellence Through Evidence-based Practice |
CGRN |
Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse |
CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
CHPN |
Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse |
CI |
Cardiac Index |
CITI |
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative |
CKA |
Competency Knowledge Assessment |
CLABSI |
Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection |
CME |
Continuing Medical Education |
CMO |
Comfort Measures Only |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
CMSRN |
Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse |
CNA |
Certified Nursing Assistant |
CNE |
Clinical Nurse Educator |
CNL |
Clinical Nurse Leader |
CNML |
Certified Nurse Manager and Leader |
CNO |
Chief Nursing Officer |
CNOR |
Certified Nurse, Operating Room |
CNRN |
Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse |
CNS |
Clinical Nurse Specialist |
CO |
Cardiac Output |
COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
CP |
Clinical Partner (Nursing Assistant) |
CPC |
Clinical Practice Council; Chest Pain Center |
CPEN |
Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse |
CPOE |
Computerized Physician Order Entry |
CPOM |
Computerized Physician Order Management |
CPR |
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
CR&G/CRG |
Center for Research and Grants |
CRNA |
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
CRNI |
Certified Registered Nurse Infusionist |
CRS |
Colorectal Surgery |
CRTT |
Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician |
CSC |
Centralized Staffing Center |
CT |
Computerized Tomography |
CTT |
Cue Turn Triad |
CTTAT |
Cue Turn Triad Assessment Tool |
CVP |
Central Venous Pressure |
CVS |
Credentialing Verification Services |
CWS |
Certified Wound Specialist |
D2D |
Door-to-Doctor |
DACUM |
Developing A Curriculum |
DAISY |
Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem |
DCRN |
Direct Care Registered Nurse |
DITLOAN |
Day In The Life Of A Nurse |
DM |
Diabetes Mellitus |
DNP |
Doctor of Nursing Practice |
DNP/Phd ( c ) |
Doctor of Nursing Practice/ Doctorate in Nursing Candidate |
Dr |
Doctor |
DRR |
Departmental Responsibility Report |
DVD |
Digital Video Disc |
EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
EBPRC |
Evidence-Based Practice and Research Council |
ED |
Emergency Department |
EHAC |
Early Heart Attack Care |
eICU |
Electronic Intensive Care Unit / Enhanced Intensive Care Unit |
EKG / ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
EMR |
Electronic Medical Record |
EMS |
Emergency Medical Service |
EMTP |
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic |
EN |
Enteral Nutrition |
ENA |
Emergency Nursing Association |
FAST |
Face-Arm-Speech-Time |
FCASV |
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence |
FMEA |
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
FMLA |
Family and Medical Leave of Absence |
FNP-BC |
Family Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified |
FPDR |
Family Presence During Resuscitation |
FPPE |
Focused Professional Practice Evaluation |
FTE |
Full-time Equivalent |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
FYI |
For Your Information |
GBS |
Guillain-Barré syndrome |
GI |
Gastrointestinal |
gm/dl |
grams per deciliter |
GU |
Genitourinary |
HAPU |
Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer |
HCAHPS |
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration |
HF |
Heart Failure |
Hgb |
Hemoglobin |
HH |
Homestead Hospital |
HHS |
Health and Human Services |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization |
HR |
Human Resource |
IBCLC |
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant |
ICU |
Intensive Care Unit |
IDP |
Individual Development Plan |
IHI |
Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
INS |
Infusion Nurse Society |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
IPER |
Interdisciplinary Patient Education Record |
IPFCC |
Institute of Patient- and Family-Centered Care |
IPN |
Intervention Project for Nurses |
IPOC |
Interdisciplinary Plan of Care |
IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
IS |
Information System |
IT |
Information Technology |
IV |
Intravenous |
JAMA |
Journal of the American Medical Association |
L&D |
Labor and Delivery |
LCSW |
Licensed Clinical Social Worker |
LDI |
Leadership Development Institute |
LEM |
Leadership Evaluation Manager |
LIM |
Leadership Incentive Manager |
LINK |
Lung Injury Knowledge Network |
LM |
Licentiate in Midwifery |
LOS |
Length of Stay |
LPN |
Licensed Practical Nurse |
LWBS |
Left Without Being Seen |
MAR |
Medication Administration Record |
MAK |
Medication Administration ChecK |
MBA |
Masters In Business Administration |
MBSO |
Management by Strategic Objectives |
MBU |
Mother/Baby unit |
MCA |
Medicare Coverage Analysis |
MD |
Doctor of Medicine |
MDEAN |
Miami-Dade EmployAbility Network |
MDFR |
Miami Dade Fire Rescue |
MEC |
Medical Executive Committee |
Med-Surg |
Medical-Surgical |
MLIS |
Master of Library and Information Science |
MLS |
Medical Language Specialist |
MPD |
Magnet Project Director |
MPH |
Master of Public Health |
MS |
Master of Science; Medical-Surgical |
MSC |
Magnet Steering Council |
MSHCA |
Master of Science in Health Care Administration |
MS3 |
Medical-Surgical 3 |
MS4 |
Medical-Surgical 4 |
MS5 |
Medical-Surgical 5 |
MSHS |
Master of Science in Human Services |
MSM/HM |
Master of Science in Management/Healthcare Management |
MSN |
Master of Science in Nursing |
MSQC |
Medical Staff Quality Committee |
MSS |
Medical Staff Services |
MSW |
Master of Social Work |
MT (ASCP) |
Medical Technologist (American Society for Clinical Pathology) |
NCLEX |
National Council Licensure Examination |
NDNQI |
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators |
NEA |
Nurse Executive Academy |
NEA-BC |
Nurse Executive Advanced–Board Certified |
NEDOCS |
National Emergency Department Overcrowding Study |
NGC |
Nurse Governance Council |
NICOM |
Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring |
NICU |
Newborn Intensive Care Unit |
NIH |
National Institute of Health |
NIHSS |
National Institute of Health Stroke Scale |
NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
NLC |
Nurse Leadership Council |
NLN |
National League for Nursing |
NOC |
Nursing Outcomes Classification |
NP-C |
Nurse Practitioner-Certified |
NPSG |
National Patient Safety Goal |
NQC |
Nursing Quality Council |
NQF |
National Quality Forum |
NQM |
National Quality Measure |
NRP |
Neonatal Resuscitation Program |
NSI |
Nurse-Sensitive Indicators |
NSQIP |
National Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
NSTEMI |
Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction |
NTI |
National Teaching Institute |
OB |
Obstetrics |
OB/GYN |
Obstetric/Gynecology |
OBE |
OB Emergency Department |
OD |
Organizational Development |
OI |
Operational Intelligence |
ONC |
Orthopedic Nurse Certified |
OPPE |
Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation |
OR |
Operating Room |
OT |
Overtime |
P&P |
Policies and Procedures |
PA |
Physician Assistant |
PACU |
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit |
PALS |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
PAM |
Policy Administration Management |
PCCN |
Progressive Care Certified Nurse |
PCHS |
Patient Care House Supervisors |
PCI |
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
PCLC |
Patient Care Leadership Council |
PCP |
Primary Care Physician |
PCS |
Patient Care Supervisor |
PCU |
Progressive Care Unit |
PCWP |
Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure |
PDC |
Professional Development Council |
PDCA |
Plan-Do-Check-Act |
Portable Document Format |
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PEG |
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy |
PEPP |
Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals |
PES |
Practice Environment Scale |
PFCC |
Patient- and Family-Centered Care Council |
PFF |
Patient Flow Facilitator |
PGA |
Performance Gap Analysis |
PharmD |
Doctor of Pharmacy |
PHI |
Protected Health Information |
PI |
Performance Improvement |
PICC |
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter |
PIP |
Personal Improvement Plan |
PISC |
Performance Improvement Steering Council |
PLR |
Passive Leg Raise |
p.m. |
afternoon |
PNAP |
Professional Nursing Advancement Program |
POC |
Point-of-Care |
POCT |
Point-of-Care Testing |
POE |
Patient Outcome Experts |
PPD |
Purified Protein Derivative |
PPM |
Professional Practice Model |
PRC |
Professional Review Committee |
PRN |
Professionals Resource Network |
PSO |
Patient Safety Organization |
PSSL |
Patient Safety Simulation Laboratory |
PTO |
Paid Time Off |
PVR |
Peripheral Vascular Resistance |
PVRI |
Peripheral Vascular Resistance Index |
QPSSC |
Quality and Patient Safety Steering Council |
RASS |
Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale |
RBC |
Red Blood Cell |
RCT |
Rape Crisis Treatment |
RD |
Registered Dietician |
RDS |
Respiratory Distress syndrome |
RFP |
Request for Proposal |
RN |
Registered Nurse |
RN-BC |
Registered Nurse-Board Certified |
RNC |
Registered Nurse Certified |
RNC-LRN |
Registered Nurse Certified-Low Risk Neonatal Nursing |
RNC-MNN |
Registered Nurse Certified-Maternal Newborn Nursing |
RNC-OB |
Registered Nurse Certified-Inpatient Obstetric Nursing |
ROI |
Return on Investment |
ROSC |
Return of Spontaneous Circulation |
RPT |
Registered Physical Therapist |
RRT |
Registered Respiratory Therapist |
SANE |
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner |
SART |
Sexual Assault Response Team |
SAT |
Spontaneous Awakening Trial |
SBAR |
Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation |
SBT |
Spontaneous Breathing Trial |
SCALE |
Skin Changes At Life’s End |
SCCM |
Society of Critical Care Medicine |
SCIP |
Surgical Care Improvement Project |
SCPC |
Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care |
SGNA |
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates |
SIRS |
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
SMART |
Specific-Measurable-Achievable-Relevant-Time-bound |
SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
SMG |
Senior Management Group |
SOW |
Statement of Work |
SPHM |
Safe Patient Handling and Mobility |
SSC |
Surgical Services Committee |
SSD |
Surgical Services Department |
SSI |
Surgical Site Infection |
STEMI |
ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction |
SV |
Stroke Volume |
SVI |
Stroke Volume Index |
SWOT |
Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats |
TACO |
Transfusion-Related Cardiac Overload |
TAT |
Troponin Turnaround Time |
TCS |
Tip Confirmation System |
TH |
Therapeutic Hypothermia |
TJC |
The Joint Commission |
TM |
Talent Management |
TMAC |
Talent Management Advisory Council |
tPA |
Tissue Plasminogen Activator |
TPN |
Total Parenteral Nutrition |
TRALI |
Transfusion-Related Acute Long Injury |
TRICC |
Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care |
TRIM |
Transfusion-Related Immunomodulation; |
TTN |
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn |
U.S. |
United States |
UA |
Unstable Angina |
UAPU |
Unit-Acquired Pressure Ulcer |
UPC |
Unit Practice Council |
URAC |
Utilization Review Accreditation Commission |
URI |
Upper Respiratory Infection |
VEOR |
Versant Evaluations and Outcomes Report |
VIP |
Volunteering Indicates Professionalism |
VP |
Vice President |
W/O |
Without |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WIC |
Women, Infants and Children |
WINK |
What I Need To Know |
WOW |
Workstation On Wheels |