Nursing: Deciphering Diagnostic Tests

The Nursing run of handbooks presents core nursing in rank in the clear, chatty, matter-of-fact style of the award-winning Nursing journal. Each handbook features to-the-top bulleted text, explanatory illustrations, and icons that echo familiar discourse names in the journal.

Deciphering Diagnostic Tests covers over 400 laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures, organized by test type and body system. Coverage includes test purpose, normal consequences, abnormal consequences, patient preparation, and course of action and post-test care. Icons include Action Stat! for urgent interventions, Alert for vital clinical facts, Do’s & Don’ts for technique and intervention advice, and Drug Challenge for drugs that interfere with test consequences.