Healthcare Acronyms

Have you ever wondered about all those acronyms that follow the names and titles of healthcare providers? Is your physician an MD or DO? What does FACS or FAAFP stand for? What about LNP, RN, FNP, or ANP for nurses? Is your pharmacist a CGP?

Here's a good resource that can help you decipher some of those perplexing acronyms.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/

You can also submit new definitions for acronyms, so the dictionary is somewhat dynamic.