Lab Values Pocket Guide For Nurses - E-book - ePub

The need for medical practitioners to understand the importance of laboratory tests in medical decision-making cannot be overemphasized. This pocket guide is written to aid nurses and nursing students alike understand and interpret the different laboratory investigations with ease. Understanding Laboratory values aid in the diagnosis, management and monitoring the effectiveness in the treatment of disease conditions, which makes lab values an important part of the NCLEX.
This book also provides the necessary information to aid nursing students to pass the NCLEX at first try. You will get the following information in this book:How to obtain Lab Samples Correctly    Provides guide to the different Laboratory Bottles  Hematological Tests & ValuesSerum Electrolytes Tests   Tests for Cardiac Disease   Renal Function Tests   Test for Liver & Gastrointestinal Function   Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis   Serological Tests   Endocrine Function Tests Tests for Malignant Conditions (Tumor Markers)   Body fluid & Stool Analysis   Tests for Other Conditions and lots more