Davis's Comprehensive Laboratory and Diagnostic Test Handbook - With Nursing Implications

By Anne M. Van Leeuwen, Zoanne Burgess Schnell, Todd R. Kranpitz

...easy-to-read text of 388 monographs, 508 tests, and 2,924 test interpretations is designed for practical day-to-day use for nursing students. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803610424
• ISBN13: 9780803610422
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
• Length: 1190 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Davis Comprehensive Handbook is BIG on info!

Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests: With Nursing Implications, 2nd Edition is BIG on information! The depth of diagnostic information is awesome and refreshing, no more guessing at what to tell a family about why a test is being done. I highly recommend this book to anyone working in the medical field or for patients requiring extensive medical tests. Nurse's can learn the implications for...

Very helpful!

This book is not even a requirement in my husband's nursing studies but helped a lot throughout his nursing school. I even use it as a reference in my work! It has been very very helpful. I'm very happy that I have purchased this book.

Essential

This product was referred to me by working RN's, and as a nursing student, I am finding this book very valuable. Reasons for increased and decreased values, concise explanations of given tests, interfering factors and related tests are among the many features presented, all written in an easy to navigate format. As usual, an excellent product from F.A. Davis. I know it sounds like a plug, but there are many reasons my instructors...

Excellent clinical reference

Excellent guide, gives complete information about all current lab tests. Quick reference to supplement classroom learning. Easy to read. Very relevant to nursing care plans for pre and post testing, and normal value ranges.