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CME: So I’m Reading Your Note, Can You Explain a Few Abbreviations to Me?
Excuse me? Hey! Sorry to bother you. Did you write this note? You did? Okay, good! See, I’m trying to read your note, which is quite sloppy might I add, and you use a lot of abbreviations. A LOT. Would you mind, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, if you could answer a few questions for me?
With your help, I can figure out what kind of note this is. Thank you so much!
Now, what do you mean by PE?
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Ah, I see. How about when you write the medication “levo,” which one do you actually mean?
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Never would’ve guessed that. It’s really unfortunate about the patient’s HD, assuming you mean…
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Oh, I see, I see. How about MS? It means so many things - Miss, Microsoft, Master of Science, Martha Stewart, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Minesweeper, musculoskeletal - but I assume those aren’t it.
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Yikes, I really need a crash course on abbreviations. How about LOL? It can’t be laugh out loud, right? It can’t be that.
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Wow, this is so confusing. I really appreciate your time. And what about IM? What do you mean by that? I think I know but can’t be too safe.
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And I’ve never seen SZ used before. What could that possibly mean?
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Geez, what’s the point of using abbreviations? You also mention BP a lot. Clue me in.
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You must be tired and frankly I’m tired. You mention ID too. Am I safe in guessing it’s not Freud’s id, identification, Idaho, or Indonesia? Which means it is…
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Okay, last one. AF?
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CME: So I’m Reading Your Note, Can You Explain a Few Abbreviations to Me?
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