Full Description
The information nurses need...when, where, and how they need it! Nursing-focused and easy-to-read, this handbook delivers all of the information you need to understand how tests work, interpret their results, and provide quality patient care - pre-test, intra-test, and post-test. Tests and procedures are listed in alphabetical order by their complete name for quick reference. The integrated index allows fast searches by abbreviation, synonym, disease/disorder, specimen type, or test classification. Plus, a Body Systems Appendix includes a list of common laboratory and diagnostic tests for each body system as well as nutrition-related lab tests.
Contents
About This Book, Preface, Reviewers, Monographs, System Tables, Appendices, In-Book- Laboratory Critical Findings - Diagnostic Critical Findings- Patient Preparation and Specimen Collection - Online at DavisPlus - Potential Nursing Diagnoses Associated With Laboratory and Diagnostic Testing - Guidelines for Age-Specific Communication - Transfusion Reactions: Laboratory Findings and Potential Nursing Interventions - Introduction to CLIA Effects of Natural Products on Laboratory Values - Standard and Universal Precautions - Bibliography
