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Diagnostic Testing Course Introduction

Diagnostic Testing Course Introduction

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Utilizing Diagnostic Testing can help us narrow down our patients’ diagnoses and prognoses. As a nurse, it is imperative that you understand the purpose of the test, as well as the nursing considerations for each of these tests. How do you prepare a patient for this test? What is your role during the test? What should you be looking for afterwards? All of these will help improve the care you give for your patients undergoing these tests.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to do the following for each Diagnostic Test discussed:

Discuss the indications and purpose for the test.
Discuss important nursing considerations for preparing the patient for the test.
Discuss important nursing considerations for caring for the patient during the test.
Discuss important nursing considerations for caring for a patient after they undergo the test.

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Hey guys! Welcome to the introduction to the diagnostic testing course. Diagnostic testing ordered by the physician helps to diagnose the patient and determine the prognoses.

It’s super important that you understand what the diagnostic tests are that the doctor may order so that you may understand why it is ordered for your patient and what to do. As the nurse, you have the role of preparing the patient for the test. I will help you to understand preparation and the nursing considerations for during the test, along with what to do after the test is over.

The priority nursing concepts to consider with diagnostic testing are safety, comfort, and patient-centered care.

See you in the diagnostic lessons! Now go out and be your best self today, and as always, happy nursing!

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Concepts Covered:

Study Plan Lessons

54 Common Medication Prefixes and Suffixes

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) Lab Values

Carboxyhemoglobin Lab Values

Cardiac Terminology

Diagnostic Testing Course Introduction

Diagnostics Terminology

Digestive Terminology

Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) Lab Values

Growth Hormone (GH) Lab Values

Hematology Oncology & Immunology Terminology

Integumentary (Skin) Terminology

Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) Lab Values

Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) Lab Values

Medical Terminology Course Introduction

MedTerm Basic Word Structure

MedTerm Body as a Whole

MedTerm Prefixes

MedTerm Suffixes

Metabolic & Endocrine Terminology

Methemoglobin (MHGB) Lab Values

Musculoskeletal Terminology

Myoglobin (MB) Lab Values

Neuro Terminology

Pharmacology Terminology

Prealbumin (PAB) Lab Values

Procedural Terminology

Psychiatry Terminology

Reproductive Terminology

Respiratory Terminology

Sensory Terminology

Urinary Terminology

ABGs Nursing Normal Lab Values

Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) Lab Values

Absolute Reticulocyte Count (ARC) Lab Values

Acute Confusion

Acute Kidney Injury Case Study (60 min)

Advocacy & Moral Judgement for Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN)

AIDS Case Study (45 min)

Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Lab Values

Albumin Lab Values

Alkaline Phosphatase (ALK PHOS) Lab Values

Alkylating Agents

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) Lab Values

Ammonia (NH3) Lab Values

Anti Tumor Antibiotics

Antimetabolites

Antinuclear Antibody Lab Values

Asthma Concept Map

Basic Statistics

Beta Hydroxy (BHB) Lab Values

Bicarbonate (HCO3) Lab Values

Blood Transfusions (Administration)

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Lab Values

Bone Cancer (Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, and Ewing Sarcoma)

Bowel Obstruction Concept Map

Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Lab Values

C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Lab Values

Carbon Dioxide (Co2) Lab Values

Carboxyhemoglobin Lab Values

Cardiac (Heart) Enzymes

Cardiac Tamponade for Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN)

Cholesterol (Chol) Lab Values

Coagulation Studies (PT, PTT, INR)

Comfort Provisions (Behavioral Response to Procedure) for Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR)

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Labs

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Labs

Cortisol Lab Vales

Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK) Lab Values

Creatinine (Cr) Lab Values

Creatinine Clearance Lab Values

Cushing’s Syndrome Case Study (60 min)

Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (CCP) Lab Values

D-Dimer (DDI) Lab Values

Diabetes Insipidus Case Study (60 min)

Diagnostics Terminology

Dialysis & Other Renal Points

Direct Bilirubin (Conjugated) Lab Values

Dopamine (Inotropin) Nursing Considerations

Dysrhythmias Labs

Electrolytes Involved in Cardiac (Heart) Conduction

Endocarditis Case Study (45 min)

Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition (Diet, TPN)

Erythroblastosis Fetalis

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Lab Values

Fibrin Degradation Products (FDP) Lab Values

Fibrinogen Lab Values

Fluid Volume Overload

Free T4 (Thyroxine) Lab Values

Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) Lab Values

Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)

Glucagon Lab Values

Glucose Lab Values

Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) Lab Values

Growth Hormone (GH) Lab Values

Hematocrit (Hct) Lab Values

Hemoglobin (Hbg) Lab Values

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C)

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Lab Values

Homocysteine (HCY) Lab Values

How to Write A Nursing Progress Note

Hydatidiform Mole (Molar pregnancy)

Hypertensive Crisis Case Study (45 min)

Infection or Inflammation? The Quick & Dirty on CBCs – Live Tutoring Archive

Ionized Calcium Lab Values

Iron (Fe) Lab Values

Ischemic (CVA) Stroke Labs

Lab Values Course Introduction

Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Lab Values

Lipase Lab Values

Lithium Lab Values

Liver Function Tests

Magnesium Sulfate

Magnesium Sulfate in Pregnancy

Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) Lab Values

Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) Lab Values

Metabolic Acidosis (interpretation and nursing diagnosis)

Metabolic Alkalosis

Methemoglobin (MHGB) Lab Values

Multiple Myeloma

Myoglobin (MB) Lab Values

Newborn of HIV+ Mother

Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Hepatitis (Liver Disease)

Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Hyperparathyroidism

Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Rhabdomyolysis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Abruptio Placentae / Placental abruption

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Acute Kidney Injury

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Acute Pain

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Anemia

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Angina

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Asthma / Childhood Asthma

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Cardiogenic Shock

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Cellulitis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Chronic Kidney Disease

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Diabetes Mellitus (DM)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Encephalopathy

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Endocarditis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Fluid Volume Deficit

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, Eclampsia

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for GI (Gastrointestinal) Bleed

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Glomerulonephritis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Hepatitis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Hypovolemic Shock

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Impaired Gas Exchange

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Infection

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Meconium Aspiration

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Myocardial Infarction (MI)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Nephrotic Syndrome

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Nutrition Imbalance

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Pancreatitis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Pneumonia

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Pulmonary Embolism

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Respiratory Failure

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Rhabdomyolysis

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Risk for Fall

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Skull Fractures

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Thrombophlebitis / Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Vomiting / Diarrhea

Nursing Care Plan for Distributive Shock

Nursing Case Study for Hepatitis

Nursing Case Study for Maternal Newborn

Nursing Case Study for Pneumonia

Nursing Process – Assess

Order of Lab Draws

Pediatric Bronchiolitis Labs

Performing Cardiac (Heart) Monitoring

Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)

Phosphorus (PO4) Blood Test Lab Values

Plant Alkaloids Topoisomerase and Mitotic Inhibitors

Platelets (PLT) Lab Values

Prealbumin (PAB) Lab Values

Preoperative (Preop)Assessment

Procalcitonin (PCT) Lab Values

Procedural Terminology

Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Lab Values

Protein (PROT) Lab Values

Protein in Urine Lab Values

Red Blood Cell (RBC) Lab Values

Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Lab Values

Renal (Kidney) Failure Labs

Respiratory Acidosis (interpretation and nursing interventions)

Respiratory Alkalosis

Sepsis for Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN)

Septic Shock (Sepsis) Case Study (45 min)

Shorthand Lab Values

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Lab Values

Thyroxine (T4) Lab Values

Total Bilirubin (T. Billi) Lab Values

Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) Lab Values

Triiodothyronine (T3) Lab Values

Troponin I (cTNL) Lab Values

Urinalysis (UA)

Urine Culture and Sensitivity Lab Values

Vitamin B12 Lab Values

Vitamin D Lab Values

White Blood Cell (WBC) Lab Values