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What does TID mean in nursing?


March 17th, 2024

Three times a day

August 11th, 2023

Three times daily - usually for a medication. For example, ibuprofen 200mg TID PRN which nurses should still space it out every 8 hours. However, healthcare organizations are pushing to no longer use abbreviations so three times daily as needed would be better or even every 8hrs as needed.