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Acronym's anyone else having trouble

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Hello all, fairly new to the site and struggling with some of the acronym's that folk use in their messages. I'm guessing these are used regularly within the NHS but to those of us from overseas (read me) it gets a bit confusing. Is there a crib sheet?

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jeanjeannie50

Yes, just to the right of this page.

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thanks, jeanjeannie50 can you feel my embarrassment ;-)

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No, don't worry, we tend to concentrate more on the posts here than what surrounds them.

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It is always a good idea to use the proper term and add acrnoym such as Quality of life (QOL) or Cardioversion (DCCV) in the beginning. And if you are wondering about that last one, Direct Current Cardio Version.

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Bagrat

Nurses used to be the worst. HNPU (has not passed urine) very common but I was totally stumped by "HNPU DNT"

Turned out to be has not passed urine did not try!!!

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BobDVolunteer

MOG. Moany old git.!

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