I like using them-it makes charting so much faster

There is no bad in not using abreviations or keeping them barely simple, but I think that abreviations is like text messaging, the message is the same, but in more abreviated form. Sometimes my thought prossess is faster than what I can write, so making abreviations helps brige that gap.

tamarina13 said:

As bad as I hate to admit it......we need to use the full word on everything, orders, labs, ect. I know many many mistakes have been made because a nurse or a physician used an abbreviation for something that was misunderstood

I on idea what NBM and BNO mean not unless it is used in a context... i.e. Person is placed NBM 12 hours before surgery, we all know that it is refereeing to NPO. Another example; "The doctor request BNO with noon treatment, (begin now order), those are not in any nationally approved abbreviation handbook but that is what makes nursing fun, just like working a crossword puzzle, of course I would always verify the meaning with the author before I act on it.