| OCD | obsessive compulsive disorder; Office of Child Development; Office of Civil Defense; osteochondritis... |
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| OIR | Office of Information Resources; Office of International Research |
| 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 |
| CCN | caudal central nucleus; community care network; coronary care nursing; critical care nursing |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
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| ILO | International Labor Office |
| OIE | Office International des Epizooties |
| OBP | Office blood pressure |
| ADN | Associate Degree Nursing |
| office nursing | Nursing practice limited to assisting a physician in his private office. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| medical office buildings | Office and laboratory facilities constructed for the use of physicians and other health personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| office | 1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. "I would I could do a good office between you." (Shak) 2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office. 3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new. "Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office." (Rom. Xi. 13) 4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; answering to duty in intelligent beings. "They [the eyes] resign their office and their light." (Shak) "Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight upon the earth." (Milton) "In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms." (Sir I. Newton) 5. The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office. 6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office. 7. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. "As for the offices, let them stand at distance." (Bacon) 8. Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service. "This morning was read in the church, after the office was done, the declaration setting forth the late conspiracy against the king's person." (Evelyn) Holy office. Same as Inquisition. Houses of office. Same as def. 7 above. Little office, the finding of an inquest of office. See Inquest. Office holder. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary Origin: F, fr. L. Officium, for opificium; ops ability, wealth, holp + facere to do or make. See Opulent, Fact. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| office automation | Use of computers or computer systems for doing routine clerical work, e.g., billing, records pertaining to the administration of the office, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| office management | Planning, organizing, and administering activities in an office. (12 Dec 1998) |
| office visits | Visits made by patients to health service providers' offices for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of economic opportunity | A division of the executive branch of the united states government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs relative to the provision of opportunities for economic advancement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of research integrity | An office of the united states public health service organised in june 1992 to promote research integrity and investigate misconduct in research supported by the public health service. It consolidates the office of scientific integrity of the national institutes of health and the office of scientific integrity review in the office of the assistant secretary for health. The ori is in the office of the assistant secretary for health and its director reports directly to the assistant secretary for health, department of health and human services. (ri newsletter, 1993 jan; 1(1):1) (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of technology assessment | An office established to help congress participate and plan for the consequences of uses of technology. It provides information on both the beneficial and adverse effects of technological applications. (12 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) |
Synonyms : Nursing, Office, Nursings, Office, Office Nursings
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