Nurses' quick reference to common laboratory & diagnostic tests

Dunning, Marshall Barnett. (Author). Fischbach, Frances Talaska. (Added Author).

Summary: This full-color, portable handbook contains an alphabetical listing of common laboratory and diagnostic tests, with nursing interventions, in a consistent format. The focus is on the nurse's role in performing, evaluating, or assisting with tests. Clinical Alerts throughout highlight vital information. This edition includes many recently approved tests, as well as the latest information on legal, ethical, and safety issues important to nurses and their expanded role in diagnostic testing.

Record details

ISBN: 9780781796163 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0781796164 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xix, 683 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Order of editors reversed on previous ed.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	g1. Nursing Role in Diagnostic Testing -- 2. Nursing Standards and Protocols for Specimen Collection -- 3. Alphabetical List of Laboratory Tests of Body Fluids, Imaging Procedures, and Special Studies of Body Functions -- Appendix. Standard Precautions.