Selected as a Doody s Core Title for 2022!Publisher s Note:Confidently interpret test results throughout your nursing curriculum, in clinicals, and in practice.Designed to accompany Brunner & Suddarth s Textbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing, 14th Edition, this concise, portable, full-color handbook gives you quick access to hundreds of test results and their implications for nursing. Easily review specimen collection procedures and access a concise, alphabetical list of nearly 300 tests and their implications.  Find the information you need fast for each test: Reference values, critical values, and/or normal findings Abnormal findings with associated nursing implications Purpose and description Interfering factors Nursing considerations for patient care before, during, and/or after the tes  Confidently address priority care issues and potentially hazardous or life-threatening situations with clearly identified best practices and warnings.