Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Database

Provides nurses and other health professionals with information on commonly ordered laboratory and diagnostic tests. This CD-ROM aims to facilitate learning, improve patient care decision making, enhance efficiency, and ensure quality care. Tests are presented in a sequence, which simulates priorities in the clinical setting.

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"Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Database CD-ROM" provides nurses and other health professionals with crucial hands-on information on commonly ordered laboratory and diagnostic tests in a convenient electronic form to facilitate learning, improve patient care decision making, enhance efficiency, and ensure quality care. Tests are presented in a consistent format and in a unique sequence, which simulates priorities in the clinical setting. Each test includes where relevant: alternate or abbreviated test names; type of test; normal findings, possible critical values; test explanation and related physiology; contraindications; potential complications; interfering factors, procedure and patient care (before, during and after); home care responsibilities; and abnormal findings.