Pearson Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests: With Nursing Implications

By Joyce LeFever Kee

Book Overview

An indispensable pocket-sized reference for any academic or clinical setting
Handbook of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications, Eighth Edition, provides fast access to the latest information about 500 of today's commonly ordered laboratory and diagnostic tests, along with nursing implications and practical guidance for client teaching. This concise guide allows readers to quickly access pertinent information about the tests, their purposes, the procedures, associated clinical problems, drugs, and reference values for children, adults, and the elderly.

Easy-to-carry and conveniently pocket-sized, the handbook is an essential reference for any clinical or academic setting. This text is appropriate for students in nursing and non-nursing programs, including medical technology programs, baccalaureate and nursing programs, associate degree programs, diploma programs, and practical nursing programs. This book is most valuable to the nurse practitioner, registered nurse, student nurse, and licensed practical nurse in hospital settings, including specialty areas such as intensive care units, maternity, pediatrics, emergency rooms, clinics, health care provider offices, and independent nursing practices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013433499X
• ISBN13: 9780134334998
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Lab & Dx test with nursing implications

This is a much better book than the Mosby's book they had us buy for school.

Great for 1st year Nursing students

Complete diagnostic test, especially CBC. Plus, good study guide because it lists what is normal for male, female, child and adults

Great buy!

Book in excellent condition, shipped on time. Would recommend to anyone!

"Don't leave home without it!"

You will never want to go to a nursing clinical withouth this book! I found the material to be easily understood and found exactly what I was looking for with it's excellent glossery and index. It is similiar to having a palm pilot in my hands! I was able to impress my instructors and my colleagues with information on diagnosis and labs. What an amazing book!

A must for every nurse's professional library

Every nurse and nursing student should have a copy of this reference. Laboratory and diagnostic tests are presented in separate sections, with material in each listed in alphabetical order. Each entry gives reference values (normal ranges or findings for adults and children); description of the element being tested and consequences of deviations from normal range; purposes of the test; potential clinical problems related to deviations, including drugs that may influence values; procedures for specimen collection and/or preparation for the test; related nursing diagnoses; and detailed nursing implications. In an era of rapidly increasing breadth of laboratory and diagnostic tests and related responsibilities of nurses, the nurse's role has become critical for optimum efficacy of such tests. This edition is compact yet concise, a quick reference that does not sacrifice thorough coverage of information, and the spiral binding enhances ease of use. I have had a copy of each edition since the initial publication, and I consider it to be one of the few references that I can't live without.