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at bedtime or nightly

Posted By: xcopper on 2007-09-23
In Reply to: what is the correct way to write qhs?? - style

Subject: at bedtime or nightly




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q.h.s. = at bedtime........not nightly...
Subject: q.h.s. = at bedtime........not nightly...


No qhs...nightly or
Subject: No qhs...nightly or

at bedtime. I do believe it is in the "optional" do not use JCAHO list, but everyone I have worked for says do not use it.

sorry, it's bedtime....
Subject: sorry, it's bedtime....

should be intraosseous :)
bedtime
Subject: bedtime

It states in the AAMT Book Style to use "nightly", but I recd QA feedback that this was wrong. 
I use bedtime
Subject: I use bedtime

Every hour of sleep is translation for qhs despite BOS having it as nightly. Maybe your QA was a latin scholar!! If it was something like Ambien, maybe they considered it wrong because you would take that at bedtime and not just some time at night?
s/l Qualiquin at bedtime
Subject: s/l Qualiquin at bedtime

doctor prescribed s/l Qualiquin (?) at bedtime (for a 76-year-old pt with shortness of breath, hypertension, diabetes, etc.)  Thanks for any help.


yes, as well as Seroquel at h.s. (bedtime)?? thanks
Subject: yes, as well as Seroquel at h.s. (bedtime)?? thanks


a.c.=before meals and h.s.=at bedtime nm
Subject: a.c.=before meals and h.s.=at bedtime nm


"a.c." before meals and "h.s." at bedtime...sm
Subject: "a.c." before meals and "h.s." at bedtime...sm

My employer considers a.c. a "dangerous abbreviation" and we have to use "before meals".
h.s. means at bedtime
Subject: h.s. means at bedtime

That might be part of it.


med s/l dosoxisin or s/l dosoxiphine 4 mg at bedtime. TIA nm
Subject: med s/l dosoxisin or s/l dosoxiphine 4 mg at bedtime. TIA nm

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medical list - s/l DIGINAL 400 mg at bedtime.
Subject: medical list - s/l DIGINAL 400 mg at bedtime.

He only says to take it for two weeks every three months.  No diagnosis is given in the dictation. 


No. Clearly trazodone. Taking at bedtime to help with sleep.. nm
Subject: No. Clearly trazodone. Taking at bedtime to help with sleep.. nm

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bellergal-S at bedtime-I feel foolish
Subject: bellergal-S at bedtime-I feel foolish


Patient will start s/l prom-a-pin 2 mg at bedtime. SM
Subject: Patient will start s/l prom-a-pin 2 mg at bedtime. SM

Patient has abdominal pain and insomnia.  Thanks :-)
q.h.s. should be at bedtime or at hour of sleep due to clarity. Actually I have never seen q. hs bef
Subject: q.h.s. should be at bedtime or at hour of sleep due to clarity. Actually I have never seen q. hs before.


I would type q. hour of sleep or at bedtime, q.h.s. is on the dangerous abbrevation list.
Subject: I would type q. hour of sleep or at bedtime, q.h.s. is on the dangerous abbrevation list.

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