AAPACN’s Laboratory Test Tool for Home Health provides useful knowledge to nurses regarding the most widely ordered laboratory tests. Areas of knowledge include components of each test, reasons the physician may order the laboratory test, if the patient needs to be fasting for the test, and items that should be reported to the physician prior to the laboratory test being ordered. Print this tool and provide it to each nurse for easy access.
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