| ABP | actin-binding protein; ambulatory blood pressure; American Board of Pedodontics; American Board of P... |
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| BRN | Board of Registered Nursing |
| SBN | State Board of Nursing |
| ANS | acanthion; American Nutrition Society; 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid; anterior nasal spine; ... |
| BSN | baccalaureate of science in nursing; Bachelor of Science in Nursing; bowel sounds normal |
| ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
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| ABR | American Board of Radiology |
| ABSITE | American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination |
| ENB | English National Board |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
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| board | 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, used for building, etc. When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank. 2. A table to put food upon. The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. "Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand." (Milton) 3. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board. 4. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorised assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. "Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board." (Clarendon) "We may judge from their letters to the board." (Porteus) 5. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board. 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. 7. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. 8. [In this use originally perh. A different word meaning border, margin; cf. D. Boord, G. Bord, shipboard, and G. Borte trimming; also F. Bord (fr. G) the side of a ship. Cf. Border] The border or side of anything. The side of a ship. "Now board to board the rival vessels row." . See On board, below. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure. The American Board, a shortened form of "The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions" (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches). Bed and board. See Bed. <mathematics> Board and board, to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward. To make short boards, to tack frequently. On board. On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. In or into a railway car or train. Returning board, a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. Origin: OE. Bord, AS. Bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. Bor board, side of a ship, Goth. Ftu-baurd]/> Footstool, D. Bord board, G. Brett, bort. See def. 8. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| board feet | (BF) Unit of measure for logs and lumber. One board foot is equivalent to a piece of wood 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long. (05 Dec 1998) |
| governing board | The group in which legal authority is vested for the control of health-related institutions and organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sound-board | A sounding-board. "To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| land use board of appeals | (LUBA) A seven-member board appointed to adjudicate land use disputes in Oregon. (05 Dec 1998) |
| paediatric nursing | The nursing care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric nursing | Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal-child nursing | The nursing specialty that deals with the care of women throughout their pregnancy and childbirth and the care of their newborn children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rehabilitation nursing | The diagnosis and treatment of human responses of individuals and groups to actual or potential health problems with the characteristics of altered functional ability and altered life-style. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perioperative nursing | Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| military nursing | The practice of nursing in military environments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical nursing research | Research carried out by nurses in the clinical setting and designed to provide information that will help improve patient care. Other professional staff may also participate in the research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| models, nursing | Theoretical models simulating behaviour or activities in nursing, including nursing care, management and economics, theory, assessment, research, and education. Some examples of these models include orem self-care model, roy adaptation model, and rogers life process model. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community health nursing | General and comprehensive nursing practice directed to individuals, families, or groups as it relates to and contributes to the health of a population. This is not an official program of a public health department. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postanesthesia nursing | The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients in the recovery room following surgery and/or anaesthesia. (12 Dec 1998) |
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