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If you wanted to tell a co-worker to give a patient medication as needed, you could use this abbreviation.

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If you wanted to tell a co-worker to give a patient medication as needed, you could use the abbreviation:

PRN

PRN stands for "pro re nata", which means that the medication should be taken as needed. This also means that the medication is not scheduled.

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