Prn vs Po - What's the difference?
prn | po |
As the situation may require, such as in directions on medical charts by doctors for the benefit of nursing staff indicating actions that may be taken at their discretion depending on patient condition; or likewise instructions to a patient on a prescription indicating they may take the medicine if and when they feel the need for it
(UK, Australia, NZ, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.
* 1988 , (Richard Hoggart), A Local Habitation, 1918-40 , Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8,
* 1989 , (Leonard Woolf), Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf ,
As an abbreviation PRN
is as the situation may require, such as in directions on medical charts by doctors for the benefit of nursing staff indicating actions that may be taken at their discretion depending on patient condition; or likewise instructions to a patient on a prescription indicating they may take the medicine if and when they feel the need for it.As a noun po is
a peacock.As a proper noun Po is
italy's longest river, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.As an initialism PO is
post office.prn
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)page 67,
- ‘Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
page 86,
- There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.