Full coverage of laboratory tests designed to meet managed and efficient health care requirements is given. Each test is explained first in general, then with an in-depth evaluation of each organ system. The value and limitations of each test are defined, followed by discussions of clinical implications, nursing responsibilities, and patient preparation.

Nursing-focused and easy-to-read, this manual 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 names 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.

This reference provides information about specific laboratory and diagnostic tests in a format focused on the needs of nurses providing care and pre- and post-test teaching for clients and families. Implications are included to assist the nurse in understanding the purpose of a test and to focus on the learning needs of the client/patient and family.

This practical handbook should be used by nursing students in clinical courses and by nurses in clinical settings as a quick reference. It guides the nurse in planning what needs to be assessed, monitored, treated, and taught at every stage of care, including pretest requirements, intratest procedures, and post-test care. This updated edition also will be helpful to all other healthcare professionals who need to know what nurses will do with their patients undergoing laboratory or diagnostic testing. All tests and procedures are listed in alphabetical order by their complete name for ease of l

Current nursing practice demands that nurses not only recognize when a laboratory test result reveals abnormalities, but how these results can and should affect the care of their patients. This text presents comprehensive explanations of laboratory testing while providing a framework for understanding this relationship. It presents information that will assist nursing professionals in preparing patients for laboratory tests done on blood, urine, stool, bone marrow and crebrospinal fluid, and describes in detail the methods used for collecting specimens. The clinically oriented approach adopted here allows readers to understand the links among the tests performed. This edition has been considerably revised to include updated studies; the addition of pediatric values to normal ranges discussed; and a new section on diagnostic tests organized by general categories of diagnostic studies, such as angiography, electrodiagnostic studies, endoscopy, nuclear scans, and others.

The team that brings you the popular Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests With Nursing Implications now brings you the only text that explains the who, what, when, how, and why of laboratory and diagnostic testing and connects them to clinical presentations, nursing interventions, and nursing outcomes.