Nursing

a QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide

Julie Henry, Jill E. Winlan-Brown

• Publisher: QuickStudy
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781423221616
• eBook ISBN:
  9781423212263
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Best-selling nursing tool with millions in print, used by nurses and nursing students for over 30 years. This guide has inspired many copy-cats but this is the original. This 6 page laminated quick reference covers the need to know whether you are studying, prepping for tests, or already a working nurse. Just the facts and answers provided succinctly and in bulleted format, in tables, diagrams, photos, and illustrations at your fingertips in color coded sections to find what you need and to promote memorization. We have heard first-hand how our nursing guides have boosted grades, helped with passing tests like TEAs and NCLEX, and reduced the stress of academic intake. With more facts per page than any source in print or online, it is flat for easy storage even in a clipboard, and waterproof to survive the daily battle for years. Written by Jill E. Winland-Brown, EdD, MSM, ARNP Professor Emeritus for FAU College of Nursing for 32 years, who is also the author of the number one NP text used in more programs globally than any other textbook. At this low price it is an easy add to your nursing tools that make study and day-to-day workloads easier.
6 page laminated guide includes:

• Components of the Nursing Process
• Basic Head-to-Toe Assessment
• Assessing Lung sounds
  • Front & Back Diagrams
  • Adventitious Lung Sounds & Potential Causes
• Assessment Techniques
  • Percussion Sounds & Potential Causes
• System Assessment
  • Cranial Nerve Assessment
  • Types of Musculoskeletal Pain
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Heart
  • Normal Electrocardiogram (EKG) Pattern
  • Grading Heart Murmurs
  • Edema Rating Scale
  • Pulses
• Skin & Muscles
  • Quick Guide to Skin Assessment
  • Muscle Strength
  • Decubitus Ulcer Staging (Illustrated)
• Medication Administration
  • Formulas
  • Dosage Calculations with Examples
  • Injection Sites with Photos & Illustrations
• Insulin Types & Action Times
• IV Solutions & Calculations
• Laboratory Values
  • Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
  • Coagulation Studies
  • Coagulation Testing
  • Complete Blood Count (CBC) & Differential
  • Lipid Profile
• Abbreviations
  • Dangerous Abbreviations

LABORATORY VALUES

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Screening Test	Normal Adult Range*	Conditions with Abnormal Findings
		Increased	Decreased
BUN	6–20 mg/dL	Congestive heart failure (CHF), excessive protein in the GI tract, GI bleeding, heart attack, hypovolemia, kidney disease, kidney failure, shock, urinary tract obstruction	Liver failure, low protein diet, malnutrition, overhydration
Sodium (Na)	135–145 mEq/L	CHF, dehydration, diabetes, diaphoresis, diarrhea, hypertension, ostomies, toxemia, vomiting	Ascites in cardiac failure, bowel obstruction, burns, cirrhosis, diarrhea, emphysema, GI malabsorption
Potassium (K)	3.7–5.2 mEq/L	Acidosis, adrenocortical insufficiency, anemia, anxiety, asthma, burns, dialysis, dysrhythmias, hypoventilation	Alcoholism, alkalosis, bradycardia, colon cancer, CHF, chronic cirrhosis, Crohn disease, diarrhea, diuretics, GI suction, intestinal fistulas, vomiting
Glucose	70–100 mg/dL (fasting)	Diabetes, hyperthyroidism, pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis, prediabetes	Hyperinsulinism, hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, insulin overdose, malnutrition, transient hypoglycemia
Creatinine	0.6–1.3 mg/dL	Acute tubular necrosis (ATN), CHF, dehydration, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, kidney failure, muscular dystrophy, preeclampsia, pyelonephritis, rhabdomyolysis, shock, urinary tract obstruction	Muscular dystrophy (late stage), myasthenia gravis
Calcium (Ca)	8.5–10.2 mg/dL	ATN, bacteremia, chronic hepatic disease, respiratory acidosis	Alkalosis, burns, cachexia, celiac disease, chronic renal disease, diarrhea, GI malabsorption
Albumin	3.4–5.4 g/dL	Dehydration	Kidney disease, liver disease
Total bilirubin	0.3–1.9 mg/dL	Biliary stricture, cirrhosis, gallbladder cancer, gallstones, Gilbert disease, hepatitis, pancreatic cancer	N/A
Aspartate transaminase/ serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT)	10–34 U/L	Acute pancreatitis, cirrhosis, heart attack, hepatitis, kidney failure, liver cancer, mononucleosis	N/A
Alanine aminotransaminase/ serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (ALT/SGPT)	7–56 U/L	Acute pancreatitis, cirrhosis, heart attack, hepatitis, liver cancer, mononucleosis	N/A
Alkaline phosphatase	44–147 U/L	Biliary obstruction, bone cancer, cirrhosis, hepatitis, hyperparathyroidism, leukemia, lymphoma, Paget’s disease	Malnutrition, protein deficiency, Wilson disease
*Ranges may vary by lab.

COAGULATION STUDIES
Coagulation Screening Tests
Bleeding time (Simplate)	2.5–10 min
Prothrombin time (PT)	10–13 sec
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)	25–39 sec
Whole-blood clotting time	5–15 min
International Normalized Ratio (INR)
Oral anticoagulation therapy	2.0–3.0
Mechanical heart valve	2.5–3.5
Fibrinolytic Studies
Euglobulin lysis	No lysis in 2 hrs
Fibrinogen	200–400 mg/dL

Coagulation Testing

• Coagulation testing is performed on plasma and is used to monitor anticoagulant therapy.
• Coagulation tests are performed on patients with a history of strokes, heart attacks, or thrombophlebitis (blood clots).
• Drugs to prevent clotting and aid in avoiding recurrence of the previously listed conditions are given prior to the test and the patient’s clotting (coagulation) time must be carefully monitored.
• Clotting disorders such as hemophilia (in which a patient’s blood does not clot) must also be monitored.
• Common coagulation tests include:
  • Activated clotting time
  • Activated partial thromboplastin time
  • Bleeding time
  • Factor activity assays
  • Fibrinogen and fibrin degradation tests
  • International normalized ratio
  • Prothrombin time
  • Thrombin clotting time

Complete Blood Count (CBC)

• The most common hematology test is the complete blood count (CBC), which is performed on whole blood.
• White blood count (WBC) is the number of leukocytes in a sample of known volume, which can identify infections and other conditions.
• Differential (diff) classifies and counts the different types of WBCs, as well as abnormalities in RBCs or platelets.
• Platelet count is the number of platelets in a known volume.
• Mean platele...

Table of contents

• Components Of The Nursing Process
• Basic Head-To-Toe Assessment
• Assessing Lung Sounds
• Assessment Techniques
• System Assessment
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Heart
• Skin & Muscles
• Medication Administartion
• Insulin Types & Action Times
• IV Solutions & Calculations
• Laboratory Values
• Abbreviations