The patient is ordered Compazine 25 mg supp pr q6h when necessary for nausea. The prescriber could have used the medical abbreviation ________ instead of writing out "when necessary."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
prn
Prn is the abbreviation for when necessary.
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