NCLEX Practice Questions, Quiz No 413 with Rationale

A patient get admission in a hospital, the nurse completes the patient's admission detail in nursing database for hospital record. The patient informs that he does not have any type of allergy. As per patient's report which acceptable medical abbreviation can the nurse use to document this finding of patient?

1) NA
2) NDA
3) NKA
4) NPO

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right Answer:

3) NKA
Rationale of Answer:
The nurse can use the medical abbreviation NKA, which means no known allergies, to document this finding. NA is an abbreviation for not applicable. NDA is an abbreviation for no known drug allergies. NPO is an abbreviation that means nothing by mouth.