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Product Description: This combination manual and DVD provides much-needed training on the proper handling of rats used in biomedical research. The DVD includes narrated video clips that demonstrate and describe each procedural technique. The manual contains handouts with color illustrations and descriptive text for each technique, including the purpose and application of the procedure, recommended skills, and necessary supplies...read more

Product Description: Here's the information nurses and nursing students need to know about laboratory and diagnostic tests! This nursing-focused, easy-to-read handbook provides all of the information you need to understand how tests work, interpret their results, and provide quality patient care, including assessing, monitoring, and teaching at every stage of care—pre-test, intra-test, and post-test...read more

Product Description: Critical testing information and key clinical protocols in the palm of your hand McGraw-Hill's Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests focuses specifically on what you need to know to understand the test, educate the patient, and provide safe, effective care before, during, and after the test...read more

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Product Description: This new edition of Norbert Tietz's classic handbook presents information on common tests as well as rare and highly specialized tests and procedures - including a summary of the utility and merit of each test. Biological variables that may affect test results are discussed, and a focus is placed on reference ranges, diagnostic information, clinical interpretation of laboratory data, interferences, and specimen types...read more

Product Description: This practical handbook should be used by nursing students in clinical courses and by nurses in clinical settings as a quick reference. It guides the nurse in planning what needs to be assessed, monitored, treated, and taught at every stage of care, including pre-test requirements, intra-test procedures, and posttest care...read more

Product Description: Designed for quick reference, this full-color handbook provides succinct, bulleted information on over 300 of the leading laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures. Entries are arranged alphabetically and follow a consistent format: purpose of the test, patient preparation, procedure steps, post-test care, precautions, normal findings or reference values (including SI values), abnormal findings and clinical implications, and factors affecting the accuracy of results...read more

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Product Description: Up-to-the-minute information on all current diagnostic procedures is just a click away now that Handbook of Diagnostic Tests, Third Edition, is available for PDAs. Practitioners can instantly find key test results for more than 500 disorders and complete details on more than 550 laboratory and diagnostic tests...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive and up-to-date handbook features clinically relevant laboratory and diagnostic tests organized alphabetically for quick reference. Tests are presented in a consistent format, which allows for concise coverage without sacrificing the depth of detail necessary for a thorough understanding of diagnostic testing...read more

Product Description: Every nurse should own a copy for this outstanding reference featuring over 900 lab tests and diagnostic procedures more than any other reference of its kind! Part One of this concise, up-to-date, portable tool alphabetically lists diseases, conditions, and symptoms with the tests and procedures most often used to confirm them...read more

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Product Description: Organized by the various structures or substances being tested, this concise resource provides an overview of anatomy and physiology, as well as detailed discussions of laboratory testing techniques. Topics covered include specimen collection, normal values, and the implications of abnormal finding...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This condensed, pocket-sized version of Dr. Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition is a portable quick-reference guide to common laboratory tests. It provides immediate answers to everyday questions such as whether a test result is normal or abnormal and what might be causing an abnormal result...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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