Laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures with nursing diagnoses

Corbett, Jane Vincent. (Author). Banks, Angela Denise. (Added Author).

Summary: For all undergraduate or graduate clinical and/or theory courses in nursing programs that cover laboratory testing and diagnostic procedures. Relevant theory courses may address physical assessment, medical-surgical nursing, adult health nursing, critical care nursing, pharmacology, pathophysiology, psychiatric nursing, and/or community nursing. This is the complete nurse's guide to using data from today's laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures to formulate, organize, and plan high-quality nursing care. This edition has been extensively updated to reflect the latest standards of care and the shift towards evidence-based practice, and to illuminate links between the nursing process and testing even more effectively. It introduces dozens of new tests and procedures, and offers updated information on many more, including expanded uses for many proven tests. Several new genetic tests are covered, as well as many rapid tests now available for point-of-care testing by nurses.

Record details

ISBN: 0132373327 (sc: alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780132373326 (sc: alk. paper)
Physical Description: ix, 726 p. : ill., charts ; 23 cm.
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Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, [2013].
Copyright: ©2013

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Part 1: Laboratory tests: Using laboratory data; Hematology tests; Routine urinalysis and other urine test; Renal function tests; Four commonly measured electrolytes; Arterial blood cases and related tests; Three less commonly measured electrolytes and vitamin D; Tests to measure the metabolism of glucose and other sugars; Tests to measure lipid metabolism and other cardiac risk factors; Tests related to serum protein levels, tumor markers, and cancer genomics; Tests to measure the metabolism of bilirubin; Tests to measure enzymes and cardiac markers; Coagulation tests and tests to detect occult blood; Serologic tests: Immunohematology microbiology and immunology; Endocrine tests; Culture and sensitivity tests and rapid tests for infections; Therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology screens; Tests performed in pregnancy, the newborn period, and for genetic screening -- Part 2: Case studies: Practice interpretation of laboratory data -- Part 3: Diagnostic procedures; Diagnostic radiologic tests; Body scans: CT, DXA, MRI, PET, and SPECT; Nuclear scans: Diagnostic tests with radionuclides or radioisotopes; Diagnostic ultrasonography; Common noninvasive diagnostic tests; Common invasive tests; Stress tests, cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiologic studies, and syncope tests; Endoscopic procedures; Diagnostic procedures related to childbearing years -- Appendix A: Reference values for newborns and children compared with adult values -- Appendix B: Possible alterations in reference values for the aged -- Appendix C: Altered reference values for common laboratory tests in normal pregnancies -- Appendix D: Units of measure -- Appendix E: SI Conversion factors -- Appendix F: Diagrams of laboratory results.