Lab Values Course Introduction

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The Lab Values Course will help you understand how to interpret some of the most common and most important laboratory values you might see in your patients. We’ll break them down by body system and help you understand how the numbers you see in the chart relate to what’s actually happening to your patient. We’ll even walk you through how to draw blood in the right order and how to easily document lab values on your patient. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to…

  1. Discuss values included in the most common laboratory panels.
  2. Utilize the correct order of draw when drawing blood on a patient.
  3. Explain the significance of abnormal (high and low) results for each of the most common and most important laboratory values.
  4. Discuss the relevance of each lab value to the associated body system.

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Concepts Covered:

  • Cardiac Disorders
  • Respiratory Disorders
  • Respiratory System
  • Urinary System
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Disorders of Pancreas
  • Proteins
  • Terminology
  • Hematologic Disorders
  • Pregnancy Risks
  • Noninfectious Respiratory Disorder
  • Disorders of the Adrenal Gland
  • Renal Disorders
  • Central Nervous System Disorders – Brain
  • Immunological Disorders
  • Newborn Care
  • Disorders of the Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands
  • Statistics
  • Liver & Gallbladder Disorders
  • Emergency Care of the Neurological Patient
  • Neurological Emergencies
  • Basics of Sociology
  • Oncology Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Circulatory System
  • Infectious Respiratory Disorder
  • Shock
  • Urinary Disorders

Study Plan Lessons

Heart (Cardiac) and Great Vessels Assessment
ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) Interpretation-The Basics
ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) Oxygenation
ABG Course (Arterial Blood Gas) Introduction
ABGs Nursing Normal Lab Values
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Lab Values
Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Lab Values
C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Lab Values
Carbon Dioxide (Co2) Lab Values
Carboxyhemoglobin Lab Values
Cardiac (Heart) Enzymes
Cholesterol (Chol) Lab Values
Coagulation Studies (PT, PTT, INR)
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
Cultures
Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (CCP) Lab Values
D-Dimer (DDI) Lab Values
Direct Bilirubin (Conjugated) Lab Values
Dysrhythmias Labs
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Lab Values
Fibrin Degradation Products (FDP) Lab Values
Fibrinogen Lab Values
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
Heart (Cardiac) Failure Module Intro
Heart (Cardiac) Failure Therapeutic Management
Heart (Cardiac) Sound Locations and Auscultation
Hematocrit (Hct) Lab Values
Hemoglobin (Hbg) Lab Values
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C)
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Lab Values
Homocysteine (HCY) Lab Values
Ionized Calcium Lab Values
Ischemic (CVA) Stroke Labs
Lab Panels
Lab Values Course Introduction
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Lab Values
Lipase Lab Values
Lithium Lab Values
Liver Function Tests
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) Lab Values
Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) Lab Values
Metabolic Acidosis (interpretation and nursing diagnosis)
Metabolic Alkalosis
Methemoglobin (MHGB) Lab Values
Myoglobin (MB) Lab Values
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Order of Lab Draws
Pediatric Bronchiolitis Labs
Phosphorus (PO4) Blood Test Lab Values
Platelets (PLT) Lab Values
Pneumonia Labs
Prealbumin (PAB) Lab Values
Pregnancy Labs
Preload and Afterload
Procalcitonin (PCT) Lab Values
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
ROME – ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) Interpretation
Sepsis Labs
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