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A&O assessment

A&O assessment noun: a medical assessment used to evaluate a person's alertness and mental status, incorporating open-ended questions that assess a person's memory and thinking abilities; more detailed than the AVPU scale.

Noun

A&O assessment

  1. A medical assessment used to evaluate a person's alertness and mental status, incorporating open-ended questions that assess a person's memory and thinking abilities; more detailed than the AVPU scale.

Origin of A&O assessment

An abbreviation of alert and oriented (A&O) + assessment.

Questions about A&O assessment

What does A&O assessment mean?
A&O assessment means a medical assessment used to evaluate a person's alertness and mental status, incorporating open-ended questions that assess a person's memory and thinking abilities; more detailed than the AVPU scale.
What part of speech is A&O assessment?
A&O assessment is a noun.

Words near A&O assessment in the dictionary

  1. A&A
  2. A&B
  3. A&E
  4. A&M
  5. A&O
  6. A&O assessment
  7. A&P
  8. A&R
  9. A&S
  10. a'
  11. a' God's name

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