Open AccessCE: Back to Basics: The Complete Blood Count
Author(s) -
Lydia A Bertschi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the american journal of nursing/american journal of nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-7488
pISSN - 0002-936X
DOI - 10.1097/01.naj.0000731656.00453.12
Subject(s) - blood count , meaning (existential) , medicine , plan (archaeology) , function (biology) , psychology , intensive care medicine , nursing , psychotherapist , archaeology , evolutionary biology , biology , history
In this latest article in the AJN series Back to Basics-developed to improve nurses' understanding and application of common laboratory diagnostic tests-the author delineates the meaning and function of complete blood count components, highlighting the important pathophysiological evidence they provide and using composite patient scenarios to assist nurses in recognizing findings that can inform their plan of care and produce the best patient outcomes.