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    OFFICE POLITICS AND WHEN TO APPLY THEM Office politics is the use of one’s behavior or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one’s legitimate authority. These advantages may include access to tangible assets‚ or intangible benefits such as status or pseudo-authority that influence the behavior of others. Both individuals and groups may engage in office politics has also been described as “simply how power gets worked out on a practical day-to-day

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    AAA- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ABG – Arterial Blood Gas(test) ABDI- Ankle Brachial Pressure Index ACBT-Active Cycle of breathing technique ACT-Activated Clotting Time AF – Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation ALs- Activities of Living AMI-Acute Myocardial Infarction APR- Abdominal Perineal Resection APTT – Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time AS-Added Sounds ASD-Atrial Septal Defect ASL-Alternate Side Lying AVR-Aortic Value Replacement AW – Awaiting AXR-Abdominal X-ray BBS-Bronchial Breath

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    “Forbidden” Abbreviations After reading JCAHO “Forbidden” Abbreviations‚ I learned that a newly discovered list of outlawed abbreviations was put into place. This requires all organizations to gather easily mistaken abbreviations‚ acronyms‚ and symbols and ban them. Accuracy is extremely important when writing prescriptions. Without enough attention to detail‚ mistakes can often be made. These simple mistakes can lead to many major problems. I do believe by banning these abbreviations many problems

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    Benefits of Medical Abbreviations There are many benefits of medical abbreviations. One benefit of medical abbreviations is how much easier it makes it to read a chart. This speeds up the process by knowing the abbreviations and the use of them. It is nice to simplify things by using medical abbreviations when it is a busy day. The other reason to use medical abbreviations is so that only the medical personnel will know what is being described. It is a very efficient way of maintaining a patient’s

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    Abbreviations‚ Acronyms‚ And Initialisms Any shortened form of a word is an abbreviation‚ for example‚ etc. for etcetera and Oct. for October; but acronyms are special kinds of abbreviations‚ such as ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) and OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)‚ that can be pronounced as words. This makes them a subset of abbreviations. All acronyms are abbreviations‚ but not all abbreviations are acronyms. Initialisms are another type of abbreviation. They are often

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    In Chirot and McCauley’s book Why Not Kill Them All? the authors cover specific cases of genocide‚ in addition to providing an unbiased and unemotional approach to the explanations of their causes and effects. From their research‚ the authors conclude that genocides will continue to arise of any amplitude and unfortunately no reasons for triggering these mass killings seem to be vanishing with any certainty or timeliness. Although many suggestions have been proposed and are continuously arising to

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    GUEST TYPES; 1. Confidential 2. Government official 3. VIP 4. With Reservation 5. Walk Ins 6. Owner/Board of Director 7. Returning Guest 8. Employees 9. Celebrity MARKET SEGMENT ABBREVIATION CODE: 1. HU = House Use 2. Comp = Complimentary 3. Corp = Corporation 4. IT = Individual Travelers 5. FIT = Rack rate 6. LSG = Long Staying Guest 7. ALCO = All charges to Company 8. MTCO = Meal only To Company 9. RMCO = Room

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    1. RA (disease) - Rheumatoid arthritis - chronic systemic disease‚ primarily of the joints‚ marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures‚ 2. RDA (parameter/ value) - recommended daily allowance; recommended dietary allowance - The Recommended Dietary Allowance or RDA (sometimes referred to as Recommended Daily Allowance) is defined as "the average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements

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    A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms http://www.chipsplace.com/helpful/Airbus/A%20to%20Z.htm#Abbreviations A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms (complete list found in back of PH) The really short list of Airbus acronyms and abbreviations: (before you get to it try to figure out what THS is) α – Stands for ALPHA as in α PROT. Refers to Angle of Attack. ACM – Air Cycle Machine ACP – Audio Control Panel‚ allows pilot to select which radios or interphones to listen to. ADIRS - Air Data Inertial Reference

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    medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and therefore people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals who would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. That’s why many organizations are developing written policies stating which abbreviations should not be used and medical professionals are trained to write legible when using other abbreviations. Simple

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