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Stat

Meaning in nursing, with examples

/stæt/adverbCommon term

In nursing, stat means: Immediately; written on a prescription or said by staff when a medicine, test or action is needed at once. It comes from Latin 'statim'.

In Turkish: hemen, derhal, acil

How it is used

On a medication chart, a 'stat dose' is a single dose given once, straight away, often in addition to regular medicines. In speech, especially in the US, 'stat' means 'urgently': 'I need a blood glucose stat!' It is often written in capitals (STAT).

Example sentences

  1. The doctor has prescribed 40 mg of furosemide IV stat.

  2. I've given the stat dose of antibiotics; the regular doses start at 6 p.m.

Common collocations

  • stat dose
  • give something stat
  • order something stat
  • PRNWritten on a prescription to show that a medicine is given only when needed, for example for pain or nausea, not at fixed times. It comes from Latin 'pro re nata'.
  • doseThe amount of a medicine given at one time, such as 500 mg, or the total amount given over a period.
  • medication chartThe form or electronic record where a patient's medicines are prescribed and where nurses sign for each dose they give or do not give.
  • administerTo give a medicine or treatment to a patient, by any route, according to a prescription or protocol.

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