Main description:

For students in masters, baccalaureate, associate degree, diploma, and practical nursing programs, and for RNs and LPNs working in hospital settings.

Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, Tenth Edition, brings together current information on modern laboratory and diagnostic tests with their corresponding nursing implications. For each test, it presents reference values/normal findings, descriptions, purpose(s), clinical problems, procedures, factors affecting results, and nursing implications with rationales, including client teaching.

Contents:

Part 1: List of Laboratory Tests
Laboratory Tests (in alphabetical order)
Situational Study Questions

Part 2: List of Diagnostic Tests
Diagnostic Tests (in alphabetical order)
Situational Study Questions

Part 3: Laboratory/Diagnostic Assessments of Body Function

Part 4: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)

Part 5: School Health Services: Education, Screening, and Testing

Appendices
A. Abbreviations
B. Laboratory Test Group: Panels and Profiles
C. Health Problems with Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
D. Laboratory Test Values for Adults and Children