Acute Care

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
AC
Pronunciation
/əˈkjut kɛr/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. She took responsibility for patients in acute care on the seventh floor of the hospital.
  2. They are the acute care nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists who complement the physician staff in establishing plans, writing orders, and directing management.
  3. When patients are in the acute care hospital, most times it is for the first time; until then they didn't even know they had heart disease.
  4. Clinical trials of monitoring in anaesthesia, critical care and acute ward care : a review.
  5. The program is diverse and includes content that will satisfy all participants interested in acute cardiac care.

Other meanings of AC