| ISSN | International Standard Serial Number |
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| JIS | Japanese industrial standard; juvenile idiopathic scoliosis |
| PIS | preinfarction syndrome; primary immunodeficiency syndrome; Provisional International Standard |
| POSSUM | Pictures of Standard Syndromes and Undiagnosed Malformations |
| PPD-S | purified protein derivative-standard |
| faculty, nursing | The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a nursing school. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| legislation, nursing | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of nursing, proposed for enactment by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, nursing | The granting of a license to practice the profession of nursing. (12 Dec 1998) |