The Medicine & Health Care Industry category has 225 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 424 ratings. The most-rated is Lies My Doctor Told Me.
The Addiction Solution
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A groundbreaking examination of addiction from the Chief Medical Officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health and the Medical Editor for Mental Health at the Huffington Post, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse. Written with warmth, accessibility, and vast authority, The Addiction Solution is a practical guide through the world of drug use and abuse and addiction treatment. Here, Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, Chief Mental Health Officer of the NYS Office of Mental Health and the Medical Editor for Mental Health at the Huffington Post, brings together scientific and clinical knowledge, policy suggestions, and case studies to describe our current drug crisis and establish a clear path forward to recovery and health. In a time when so many people are affected by the addiction epidemic, when 142 people die of overdoses every day in the United States, principally from opioids, Sederer's decades of wisdom and clinical experience are needed more than ever before. With a timely focus on opioids, Sederer takes us through the proven essentials of addiction treatment and explains why so many of our current policies, like the lingering remnants of the War on Drugs, fail to help drug users, their families, and their wider communities. He identifies a key insight, often overlooked in popular and professional writing about addiction and its treatment: namely, that people who use drugs do so to meet specific needs, and that drugs may be the best solution those people currently have. Writing with generosity and empathy about the many Americans who use illicit and prescribed substances, Sederer lays out specific, evidence-based, researched solutions to the prevention and problems of drug use, including exercise, medications, therapy, recovery programs, and community services. In this challenging time, The Addiction Solution provides practical help, comfort, and hope.
©2018 Lloyd Sederer (P)2018 Simon & Schuster
The Confident Patient: Successfully Navigate Your Healthcare Journey
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The Confident Patient is your road map and key to truly understanding and navigating your healthcare situation. This powerful guide provides you with real answers, specific questions to gain clarity, information you can use immediately, and gives you concrete ways to partner with your medical team. Healthcare is intensely personal and intimate, and The Confident Patient honors you and your family’s individual situation like a trusted friend, in a supportive, compassionate way. The Confident Patient is your must-listen companion, and with it by your side, you and your loved ones can move forward together with the knowledge to make important decisions with confidence. This powerful audiobook will help you: Discover what doctors and healthcare providers wished you knew or would ask. End your feelings of being overwhelmed, ease your anxieties of the unknown, and provide you direction around your healthcare needs. Discover key questions to ask during an appointment, pre- and post-surgery. Have a go-to trusted list of resources to access for support, additional information, and to learn the latest information about your condition. Be encouraged and empowered by stories shared by patients and medical care professionals to support you in navigating your healthcare journey.
©2019 Wendy K. Benson, Elizabeth K. Myers (P)2019 Wendy K. Benson, Elizabeth K. Myers
Migraine: A History
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For centuries, people have talked of a powerful bodily disorder called migraine, which currently affects about a billion people around the world. Yet until now, the rich history of this condition has barely been told. In Migraine, award-winning historian Katherine Foxhall reveals the ideas and methods that ordinary people and medical professionals have used to describe, explain, and treat migraine since the Middle Ages. Touching on classical theories of humoral disturbance and medieval bloodletting, Foxhall also describes early modern herbal remedies, the emergence of neurology, and evolving practices of therapeutic experimentation. Throughout the audiobook, Foxhall persuasively argues that our current knowledge of migraine's neurobiology is founded on a centuries-long social, cultural, and medical history. This history, she demonstrates, continues to profoundly shape our knowledge of this complicated disease, our attitudes toward people who have migraine, and the sometimes drastic measures that we take to address pain. Deeply researched and beautifully written, this fascinating and accessible study of one of our most common, disabling, and yet often dismissed disorders will appeal to physicians, historians, scholars in medical humanities, and people living with migraine alike. The book is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
©2019 Johns Hopkins University Press (P)2019 Redwood Audiobooks
Nature of Panic Attacks
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In the middle of a typical day, while you are walking in the park or even sitting down at home on your couch, you suddenly feel your heart begin to beat rapidly and irregularly. It's pounding, you are shaking, feeling chest pain, and can't take a breath. You are afraid, sure that it's a heart attack and the end is near. You hurry to the emergency room.... This is exactly what happened to me (the author) when I experienced the panic attack the very first time in my life. It was terrible, it seemed like the end of the world. You are ashamed, alone in your problem, and confused. Don't worry; there are many methods that can successfully deal with the issue. This audiobook is here to be your friend who understands you and knows how to help. The more you know about panic, the safer you will feel. Also, here, you will find advice on how to help yourself and what to do to take back control over your life. All the methods described in this audiobook helped me and other people find a cure. You will discover: The definition of panic attack and panic disorder Panic attack symptoms Why a panic attack happens How to help with panic attacks: efficient self-help techniques How to prevent panic attacks How to help someone with a panic attack or anxiety disorder Why you should practice mindfulness and how it can help you with panic How to change your mind and overcome anxiety How to achieve mental hygiene and peace of mind And much more! Use this audiobook as your guideline. Listen to it as many times as you need and try to apply the advice to your case. You'll see a huge difference. Until the end of the audiobook, you'll be encouraged to face panic attacks and solve them once and for all.
©2019 Anatoli Hladun (P)2019 Anatoli Hladun
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Estoicismo y dureza mental [Stoicism and Mental Toughness]
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Aquí hay un extracto del Estoicismo Y La Fortaleza Mental: durante la antigüedad surgieron una gran cantidad de escuelas filosóficas, muchas de ellas contribuyeron con grandes ideas de progreso para la humanidad con un impacto tan relevante que incluso hoy en día muchos de esos pensamientos siguen siendo válidos. Tal es el caso de la escuela estoica de filosofía, que se cree que desapareció durante los primeros siglos de la era actual, y a pesar de la realidad de que los registros literarios no están en cantidad, su pensamiento ha evolucionado a lo largo de los años. En el siglo XXI, se está experimentando uno de los momentos más importantes del posible resurgimiento de este sistema filosófico. En medio de la convulsión social que estamos atravesando en el mundo moderno, muchos han recurrido a ciertas escuelas de pensamientos cuyas teorías podrían generar la salvación que nuestra sociedad moderna requiere, por cierto, el estoicismo, cuyo valor principal para una sociedad como la moderna es el manejo adecuado de las emociones, o igualmente dicho, las pasiones (ya que esta escuela habla de una como consecuencia de la otra) resulta ser, según la óptica de muchos necesaria, o más aun para algunos imprescindible. Conozcamos un poco sobre esta escuela, su evolución y sus postulados, luego confrontémoslo con la realidad de una sociedad como la moderna, a través de esto podremos enfocar nuestras vidas para cambiar el rumbo que pareciera ineludible en tiempos como los modernos. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2020 Manuel Del Pozo (P)2020 Manuel Del Pozo
Gracefully Insane
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Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fences, no guards, no locked gates. But McLean Hospital is a mental institution - one of the most famous, most elite, and once most luxurious in America. In its "golden age", McLean provided as genteel an environment for the treatment of mental illness as one could imagine. But the golden age is over, and a downsized, downscale McLean - despite its affiliation with Harvard University - is struggling to stay afloat. Gracefully Insane, by Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam, is a fascinating and emotional biography of McLean Hospital from its founding in 1817 through today. It is filled with stories about patients and doctors: the Ralph Waldo Emerson protégé whose brilliance disappeared along with his madness; Anne Sexton's poetry seminar, and many more. The story of McLean is also the story of the hopes and failures of psychology and psychotherapy; of the evolution of attitudes about mental illness, of approaches to treatment, and of the economic pressures that are making McLean - and other institutions like it - relics of a bygone age.
©2001 Alex Beam (P)2021 Tantor
Lightning Flowers
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Lightning Flowers weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible - “utterly spectacular.” (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.
©2020 Katherine E. Standefer (P)2020 Little, Brown Spark
Memorizing Pharmacology Questions, Answers, and Rationales, Books 1 to 7
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This is a Seven-Bundle of Memorizing Pharmacology Questions, Answers, and Rationales with an Additional Final Exam With triplet eight-year-old daughters, I don't get four-hour study blocks in a quiet corner of the library. I get an hour here or 15 minutes there. This book is for those commuters, busy parents, and working students who need a "fit it in" approach to studying pharmacology. This book has multiple rapid-fire questions, answers, rationales, and mnemonics that you can do alone or with a partner to help you understand pharmacology better and remember the content longer. These include: Multiple choice questions with rationales - I include essential mnemonics and background information Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes matching - these are the key to learning many hundreds of drug classifications Sorting series section - here you make sense out of drug classes better picturing their relationships One-line cases - these cases come in pairs so you can work with a partner Short essay prompts - it's nice to know how the professor might answer a question A special bonus chapter preview from the book Memorizing Pharmacology Mnemonics But let's talk about the most pressing issue that keeps you from succeeding: energy. This book makes it easier and simpler to listen and grasp pharmacology concepts without expending too much of your energy or efforts!
©2020 Tony Guerra (P)2020 Tony Guerra
Goodnight Pharm
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I've had feedback from students that they just want me to read them drug names and mnemonics so they can put in their earbuds before they go to bed before their board exams. I've got three five year olds, I don't have time to do the heavy lifting you all do as narrators. In Memorizing Pharmacology: A Relaxed Approach, which will sell over 6,500 audiobook copies in its first year, I only had the narrator complete 200 drug names in a seven hour book. There is a list of 350 later in the book, but I thought, who in the world would want to listen to 350 drug names in a row? So I omitted it. There was an answer to that rhetorical question, health professional students studying for a board exam that are exhausted from family, work, and school want to listen to it.
©2017 Tony Guerra (P)2017 Tony Guerra
Nurse: The Art of Caring
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a nurse? From a 6-time Top 10 in the USA author, this book is a collection of the most memorable moments from the careers of over sixty nurses. It covers nearly seventy years of practice from World War II to the present day. The extraordinary situations described here are the result of more than 1,000 years of hands-on bedside knowledge. The vignettes contain wisdom and insight gained the hard way, from long experience in the trenches (sometimes in actual trenches) performing tasks that range from the most humble to the most skilled. These true stories run the gamut from birth to death. They deal with everything from war, ER, ICU, to childbirth, pediatrics, adult care, surgery, home and homeless healthcare, the psych ward, oncology, the nursing home, and finally hospice. The sacrifice and service of these nurses--their courage, kindness, and determination--is breathtaking. If you've ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of a hospital, you've come to the right place.
©2016 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2018 Carolyn Jourdan
Managing Complications in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
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Management of Complications in Anaesthesia and Critical Care is a compilation of the causes, presentation, and management of common critical incidents in the perioperative period, as well as in the intensive care setting. The audiobook offers practical and concise management protocols in a simple, easy-to-follow format for quick and easy reference. Emphasis is laid on preventive measures. It is a valuable reference source for practicing anaesthetists, nurse anaesthetists working alone in state hospitals, medical students, and surgeons who may find themselves called upon to remedy perioperative complications, where there are no physician anaesthetists.
©2017 Stella Eguma (P)2017 Bad Creative
Hack the Vagus Nerve 101 Exercises
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101-plus daily exercises for hacking your vagus nerve! If you are looking for a complete guide on how to hack the vagus nerve, then keep reading… What is the Vagus Nerve? Did you know that the human body has 12 cranial nerves? Did you know that each “nerve” is actually comprised of two nerves, typically left and right nerve intertwined to make the “one” cranial nerve. And these nerves are the link between your body and the brain? Have you ever wondered how the brain and body “talk” to one another? It is all through these cranial nerves. Some of the nerves are responsible for sharing sensory information, like how something sounds or what it tastes like. This means these nerves need to have the sensory function to interpret the smell of something. But then there are other nerves that “talk” with the muscles and even some glands. These nerves are called “motor functions.” And finally, while most have a single function, either sensory or muscle, there are others that operate with both. The vagus nerve is one such nerve. To help you understand where a nerve is located, each cranial number is assigned a number represented in Roman numerals, for example, I is one, II is two, etc. The vagus nerve is the tenth nerve and is called CNX, or Cranial Nerve Ten. In Latin, the word “vagus” is defined as “wandering.” When you understand a bit more of the makeup of this nerve, you will realize that this description is pretty accurate. The vagus nerve is the longest in the human body, and it does a lot of traveling around and through it. Basically, it moves from the base of your skull to your lower torso. You will learn more about the passage of this nerve later in this chapter. There are two parts to the sensory functions of this particular nerve: Visceral: This is used to describe the “feelings,” or sensations, in your body’s organs. Somatic: This term is applied to your physical “feelings,” or sensations in the muscles and skin of your body. This book covers the following topics: Hacking your vagus nerve: all you need to know to activate your body’s natural healing power What is the polyvagal theory? The key to heal yourself through the central nervous system Breathing techniques: activate your vagus nerve and reduce anxiety and stress Meditation and yoga workouts: poses and other exercises to relax yourself Creative therapies: expand your mind and heal through hacking you vagus nerve Diet and food tips to help to stimulate your vagus nerve. Laughing, singing, humming and gargling can have amazing results on your nervous system health. Acupuncture and other traditional oriental techniques: learn tai chi and qi gong basics! Passive method to activate vagus nerve Massages you can learn to activate your vagus nerve
©2020 Dr. Warren Cunningham (P)2020 Dr. Warren Cunningham
Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Provider Handbook
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The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Bloodborne Pathogens Course. This course is intended to help you prepare to address the health concerns inherent in caring for others and the possible damage the microscopic world can inflict. Unlike traditional academic curricula, you will learn actionable ways to practice and prepare for the bacteria and pathogens you may encounter in your career. If you become exposed to bloodborne pathogens, you will have the knowledge to reduce the chances of disease transmission and protect others, including coworkers and patients, from possible infection. This course consists of the materials and information necessary to protect yourself and those around you from being exposed to blood or blood-containing items that you may come into contact with throughout the course of your job. This training may be required as part of your training for bloodborne pathogens by your employer. In addition, such training is required annually by the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA). Your employer will provide you with additional training, which will be referred to as an Exposure Control Plan (ECP), on bloodborne pathogens as indicated by your role and responsibilities in your organization. This course is written by Dr. Karl F. Disque, a board certified anesthesiologist and registered pharmacist. Dr. Disque has certified thousands of healthcare professionals with his courses in CPR, AED, and First Aid, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Basic Life Support (BLS). This is one of the most effective and user-friendly training manuals on the market because it was created by a team dedicated to life support education with the goal of training people to help save lives. This manual is the primary training material for certification courses provided by National Health Care Provider Solutions (www.nhcps.com).
©2017 Dr. Karl Disque (P)2017 ST Mastering
Unsafe at Any Meal
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Each year, Americans consume hundreds of food products that contain truly dangerous compounds, including heavy metals, pesticides, and other harmful additives - with the blessing of the FDA. Why is this happening, and why haven’t you heard about it? In Unsafe at Any Meal, Dr. Renee Dufault, former food investigator for the Food and Drug Administration, provides the startling answers. While at the FDA, Dr. Dufault discovered that mercury - a highly toxic metal - was contaminating the plumbing systems of many food manufacturing plants. Upon further examination, she discovered that the same mercury was also evident in a number of processed foods commonly sold in supermarkets. When Dr. Dufault revealed these disturbing findings to her superiors, she was told to stop her investigation. Her continued efforts to raise the issue always met with a dead end, so she chose to take an early retirement from the FDA. Dr. Dufault then devoted her energy to making the public aware of the insidious dangers that contaminate our food. In 2010, she founded an organization of scientists to study the scope of this problem and has published numerous research articles on the topic with little fanfare. To expose what still seems to be a well-kept secret by the FDA, she has written Unsafe at Any Meal to provide consumers with the information they need to know. Backed by research and first-hand experience, Dr. Dufault reveals how the FDA has failed us and outlines how you can protect yourself and your family by knowing what to avoid and by filling your kitchen with food that is clear of toxins.
©2017 Renee Dufault (P)2020 Square One Publishers, Inc.
Detox: Liver and Gallbladder Detox
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Detox and renew today! Do you want to: Improve digestion? Lose weight? Have clearer, healthier looking skin? Regulate your hormones? Improve your mental abilities? Have better energy and feel better? Sleep better? If you answered yes any of those questions then you need a liver and gallbladder detox! Learn everything you need to know: Foods to eat Foods to avoid Activities to avoid Activities that will help Yoga and movement routines to help clear the liver Lots more! Purchase now to start feeling better, younger and healthier. Why wait another day? You deserve it - now!
©2015 Jennifer Atkins (P)2016 Jennifer Atkins
Miracles We Have Seen
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This is a book of miracles - medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from unimaginable disasters. Among the extraordinary cases poignantly recounted by the physicians witnessing them: A priest visiting a hospitalized patient went into cardiac arrest on the elevator, which opened up on the cardiac floor, right at the foot of the cardiac specialist, at just the right moment. A tiny premature baby dying from irreversible lung disease who recovered almost immediately after being taken from his hospital bed and placed on his mother's chest. President John F. Kennedy's son Patrick, who died shortly after birth, and whose disease eventually led to research that saved generations of babies. Miracles We Have Seen is a book of inspiration and optimism, and a compelling glimpse into the lives of physicians.
©2016 Harley Rotbart, MD (P)2016 Tantor
Life and Death in the Nursery
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The dilemma of how and whether defective newborns are treated is hardly new; Plato and Aristotle both addressed the subject. But the moral questions about treatment are continually being recast by advances in medical knowledge and technology. Since neonatology is such a new field, there is often more than one way to proceed, even in such relatively noncontroversial areas as prescribing medications. And with such tiny, voiceless patients, the uncertainty of medical prognosis is acutely felt. In "Life and Death in the Nursery", Anita Diamant, the New York Times best-selling author of The Red Tent and The Boston Girl, tells the powerful, heartbreaking story of Carol and Phil Powers, whose son Whit was born with a life-threatening congenital disorder, and the doctors and nurses who try to save him and thousands of newborns every year. As right-to-life fervor swept the country in the wake of the 1982 Baby Doe case, Diamant takes listeners inside Boston's Children Hospital at the height of the debate over infant care. "Life and Death in the Nursery" was originally published in New England Monthly, July 1985.
©2016 Anita Diamant (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
Tummy Tuck
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If you've tried every sit-up and stomach crunching move there is, and are still far from your goal of a flat-as-a-board belly or six pack, then a tummy tuck could be the right choice for you. A tummy tuck, also known as abodominoplasty, is a cosmetic surgery procedure aimed at removing excess flab from the abdominal area, and tightening the abdominal muscles. Like all cosmetic procedures, it's not a "one size fits all" option. A tummy tuck is not a weight loss measure and should never be treated like one. It's a procedure for people who want to firm and tone up their abdominal muscles, and have exhausted all their options. A tummy tuck is an invasive surgery, and those who elect to have it, should take the time to educate themselves before making a final decision. A tummy tuck, also known as abdominoplasty, is a cosmetic surgery designed to remove excess skin and fat from the abdominal region that may accumulate due to the effects of pregnancy, obesity, or age. A tummy tuck also restores stretched or weakened abdominal muscles. Tummy tuck operations have been increasing in popularity.
©2017 Patricia A Carlisle (P)2017 Patricia A Carlisle
Nurse's Guide to Top 10 Conditions in the US
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Master the most common conditions encountered by nurses every day. Hack the important info! This book compiles the essential details and gives you precisely what you need as a nurse. You will see these conditions every day at work, so get the facts! The main points of each disease are condensed so you can skip the fluff, save time, and master your nursing practice. Topic rundown: Sepsis Congestive heart failure Cardiac dysrhythmias COPD Degenerative disk disease Pneumonia Arthroplasty-associated infections Depressive disorder Childbirth Each condition includes: Synopsis of most frequent medications Nurse interventions and management skills Physical assessments Diagnostic criteria Pathophysiology Causes and risk factors Condensed, need-to-know points! We have pored through the textbooks and publications to serve you the meat of the topic. Your time is precious, so stop getting bogged down with the never-ending search for reliable sources. Trim the fat by committing this book to your nursing arsenal. Prepare, pass, perform...with nurse mastery!
©2017 Aaron Reed, MSN CRNA (P)2017 Aaron Reed, MSN CRNA
Lab Values for Nurses: Every Single Lab Value You Must Know to Easily Pass Nursing School & The NCLEX!
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Please note: In this audiobook, you will learn every single lab value that you need to know to pass nursing school and the NCLEX. This audiobook covers every single lab value. Here's what you will learn: Learn about the process of obtaining labs in the nursing work setting Discover the tubes necessary for accurate sampling More detailed information on tubes such as the Yellow Top Tube, Light Blue Tube, Red Top Tube, Green Top Tube, Purple, or Lavender Tube, Gray Top Tube. The correct order in which tubes should be collected The trick is to memorize laboratory test abbreviations so you know which test is being done and which tube to draw the blood from An extensive breakdown of all the laboratory tests you’ll need to know about in the nursing school as well as the NCLEX examination Detailed content on each laboratory panel such as the basic metabolic panel and electrolytes Discover the most important lab values in each panel and exactly what you need to know about them The core foundation of this audiobook dives into each lab panel starting with: Basic Metabolic Panel Arterial Blood Gases Complete Blood Count Coagulation Profile Testing Cholesterol (Lipid) Panel Antibody Screening Iron Panel Kidney Panel PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2017 Chase Hassen (P)2019 Chase Hassen