Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications, nursing-based critical resources nurses trial offer information and nursing students need to know about laboratory tests and diagnostic
This valuable resource provides all the information you need to understand how the tests work, interpret their results, and provide quality care to patients, including assessment, monitoring and education at all stages care - pre-test, intra-test and post-test. Tests and procedures are listed alphabetically by their full names for quick reference. This update is based on the 3rd edition with additional functionality, enhanced features and updates in progress
Key features - New information and pathophysiology expanded, so you know why a test result laboratory is increased or decreased
- New faces to light? Sensitivity to cultural and social issues? and? nutritional considerations? For each test, where appropriate
- New Table of National Patient Safety Goals, by correlating the standards of patient safety Joint Commission Laboratory and content of diagnostic tests specific to nurses
- Extending the scope of patient education and safety
- More information for sub-specialties of nursing, including maternity, neurology, and sensory
- Revised and expanded coverage of interfering substances, especially those related to drugs and nutraceuticals
- Cross Referencing expanded related laboratory and diagnostic tests in each monograph
- Revised and expanded? Body System? Tables in Annex now includes ocular diagnostic tests and nutritional laboratory tests related
- Monographs each designed specifically to focus on what you should do before, during and after each laboratory test and diagnostic
- A unique coverage of laboratory and diagnostic tests for sub-specialties, such as maternity, monitoring of therapeutic drugs, nutrition and sensory
- Reference intervals expressed in both conventional and SI units (with the conversion factor for SI units) include age and gender-specific variations when changes indicated and normal because of cultural considerations
- Interfering factors identified, including food, natural products, the timing of testing, handling of specimens, which underlie the patient's condition and drugs that may interfere with test results
- All tests and procedures can be instantly accessed by name, abbreviation, synonym, disease state or condition, organ system, specimen type, or placement test
- Expert advice in the assessment, monitoring, and education
at every stage of care, including pretest requirements, procedures, intra-test and post-test care
In addition, you'll get valuable added features, available only from Skyscape - Full Images Vivid images that aid in diagnostic workup
- Viewer entire wealth of complete tables, easily viewable on the compact screen of your mobile device
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