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Common Laboratory Reference Intervals
Common Laboratory Reference Intervals
Ph 4.0-8.0
protein 0-trace
Note: Laboratory values may vary with different techniques and in different laboratories.
Note: In the table, *Indicates the need to know laboratory values as specified in: NCLEX-PN®
Examination: Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
(Effective April 2020), Chicago: National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN).
References:
Ignatavicius, D., Workman, M., Rebar, C., Heimgartner, N. (2021). Concepts for interprofessional
collaborative care (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders.
Lewis et.al (2019), Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada: Assessment and Management of clinical
problems (10th ed.), St. Louis: Elsevier. Appendix B Laboratory Values, Adapted by Jana Lok.
Lewis et.al (2017), Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of clinical problems (10th
ed.), St. Louis: Elsevier. Appendix C Laboratory Reference Intervals.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (2018), NCLEX-RN® Examination: Test Plan for the National
Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (Effective April 2019), Chicago: National Council
of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN).
Pagana, K., Pagana, T., Pike-MacDonald, S. (2019) Mosby’s Canadian manual of diagnostic and
laboratory tests, (2nd Canadian ed.) St. Louis: Elsevier (Canadian Editor, Sandra A. Pike-MacDonald).