AONL
American Organization for Nursing Leadership
AORN
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
AOSSM
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
AP
Anterior-posterior
AP
Aortopulmonary. AP window
APC
Anterior posterior compression
APD
Associate Program Director
APE
Annual Program Evaluation
APG
Air plethysmography
APHN-BC
Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse Board Certified
APHON
Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses
APIC
Association for Practitioners In Infection Control and Epidemiology
APNA
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
APON
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
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Approximately
appy.
Appendectomy
APR
Abdominal Perineal Resection
APRN
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
APRN-BC
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse – Board Certified
APS
Adult Protective Services
APS
American Pain Society
aPTT
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT or PTT)
AQA
Ambulatory Quality Alliance
ARC
AAOS Advocacy Resource Committee
ARCOS
American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery
ARDS
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ARF
Acute renal failure
ARIN
Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing
ARN
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
AROM
Active range of motion
ART
Antiretroviral therapy
AS
Aortic stenosis
AS
Aortic stenosis
AS
Atherosclerosis
AS
Ankylosing Spondylitis
AS-BC
Antibiotic Stewardship-Board Certified
ASA
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
ASD
Atrial septal defect
ASES
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
ASIA
American Spinal Injury Association
ASIS
Anterior superior iliac spine
ASM
The Alliance for Specialty Medicine
ASMBS
American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
ASN
Associate of Science in Nursing
ASO
Antistreptolysin-O
ASORN
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
ASPAN
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
ASPEN
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
ASPMN
American Society for Pain Management Nursing
ASPSN
American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Nurses
ASSH
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
AST
Aspartate aminotransferase (aka SGOT)
ASTNA
Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
ASVD
Arteriosclerotic vascular disease
AT
Axillary temperature
ATC
Around-the-clock
ATI TEAS
Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) by the Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI)
ATLS
Advanced Trauma Life Support
ATS
American Thoracic Society
AU
Both ears
Auto
Autograft
AV
Atrioventricular
AVF
Arteriovenous fistula
AVG
Arteriovenous graft
AVM
Arteriovenous malformation
AVM
Arteriovenous malformation
AVR
Aortic Valve Replacement
AWCC
Advanced Wound Care Certified
AWHONN
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Ax-fem
Axillo‐Femoral bypass
B
Bilateral
BAI
Blunt aortic injury
BBFFx
Both bone forearm fracture
BE
Base excess
BHFA
Bureau of Healthcare Facilities Accreditation
BILAT
Bilateral
BIV
Bi‐Ventricular
BKA
Below the knee amputation
BKA
Below the knee amputation
BLS
Basic Life Support
BMD
Bone mineral density
BMS
Bare-metal stents
BOH
Bureau of Hospitals
BOS
Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists
BOSS
Bureau of Osteopathic Specialty Societies
BP
Blood pressure
BPG
Bypass Graft
BSO
Bilateral Salpingo‐oopherectomy
BSSO
Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy
BTB
Bone tendon bone autograft
C
Cervical spine
C-spine
Cervical spine
CAAA
Complex abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
CABG
Coronary artery bypass grafting
CABG
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
CAD
Carotid artery disease
CAP
Clinical Assessment Program
CAQ
Certification of Added Qualifications
CAS
Carotid artery stenting
Cath.
Cardiac catheterization