Lab/Diagnostic Values
Normal range of 4-12, 13.0.16.5, and 140-440.
What is White Blood Cell Count, Hemoglobin, and Platelets?
High levels of urine specific gravity.
What is dehydration?
What is magnesium?
Indicates heart muscle damage.
Normal range of 0.9-1.2.
What is INR?
Monitor I/O, fluid overload, bleeding, shortness of breath, O2 saturation, fatigue, blood pressure, pallor, estimated blood loss (EBL) from surgery, heart rate, and orthostatic blood pressure.
What is hemoglobin?
High levels indicate infection, inflammation, leukemia, tissue damage, stress, malnutrtion, burns, lupus, kidney failure, TB, or thyroid gland problems.
What are WBCs?
S/S of low levels of serum blood glucose.
What is nervousness, dizziness, trembling, sweating, hunger, weakness, and palpitations?
High levels may indicate rnhabdomylosis.
What is CPK?
Normal value of 140-440.
What is platelets?
Nursing indications for potassium monitoring.
What is taking potassium supplements, vomiting, taking laxatives, ACE inhibitors, glucose, or diuretics?
High levels may indicate diabetic ketoacidosis, Cushing syndrome, dehydration, kidney disease, diabetes insipidus, vomiting, diarrhea, hyperaldosteronism, or coma.
What is sodium?
What is alcoholism, diarrhea, use of diuretics, vomiting, burns, malnutrition, dehydration, eating disorders, and malabsorption?
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) above 300 pg/ml
Normal ranges of 7-17 and 0.60-1.00 mg/DL
What is BUN and Creatinine?
Monitor for signs and symptoms of jaundice, sclera color, stool color, urine color, and liver enlargement.
What is total bilirubin?
Causes of high levels of potassium.
What is MI, taking too much potassium supplements, ACE inhibitors, kidney damage, potassium sparing diuretics (aldactone), DKA, dehydration, or sickle cell anemia
Biggest concern for low platelet levels.
What is bleeding?
Post MI or post cardiac angiogram will increase which cardiac isoenzyme?
Normal ranges of 137-145, 3.5-5.1, and 1.6-2.3
What is sodium, potassium, and magnesium?
Nursing indication for serum sodium monitoring.
What is monitor for signs and symptoms of intake and output, blood pressure issues, dizziness, confusion and increased risk of fall.
Signs and symptoms of high levels of BUN and Creatinine.
What is dehydration (S/S of dehydration?), shock, MI, CHF (BUN); Creatinine - acute or chronic kidney disease, urinary obstruction, CHF (are they getting diuretics?)?
Indication for a low absolute neutrophil count (~600).
What is chemotherapy, radiation therapy, bone marrow or stem cell transplant, and steroids?
pH - 7.28, PaO2 - 30, PaCO2 - 56, HCO3 - 25, SaO2 - 89%
What is respiratory acidosis?