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Nurses Cheat Sheet on Must Know Lab Values, Cheat Sheet of Nursing

63 lab values are listed for nursing students and working in hospitals

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63 MUST KNOW LAB VALUES
Value
Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential
Abbreviation Unit Normal
Red Blood Cell RBC x106/mcL Male: 4.5 - 5.5
Female: 4.0 - 4.9
WBC cells/mcL 4,500 - 10,000
% 40 - 60
% 3 - 5(>8 = left shift)
PLT
Hgb
Hct
MCV
RDW
%
%
%
cells/mcL
g/dL
%
fL
%
0.5 - 1
20 - 40
2 - 8
100,000 - 450,000
Male: 13.5 - 16.5
Female: 12.0 - 15.0
Male: 41 - 50
Female: 36 - 44
80 - 100
<14.5
% 1 - 4
White Blood Cell
Neutrophils
Band Forms
Eosinophlis
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Platelets
Hemoglobin
Hematocrit
Mean Corpuscular Volume
Red Cell Distribution Width
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Value

Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential

Abbreviation Unit Normal

Red Blood Cell RBC x10 6 /mcL Male: 4.5 - 5.5Female: 4.0 - 4.

WBC cells/mcL 4,500 - 10, % 40 - 60 % 3 - 5(>8 = left shift)

PLT

Hgb Hct MCV RDW

cells/mcL g/dL % fL %

Male: 13.5 - 16. Female: 12.0 - 15. Male: 41 - 50 Female: 36 - 44 80 - 100 <14.

White Blood Cell

Neutrophils

Band Forms

Eosinophlis

Basophils

Lymphocytes

Monocytes

Platelets

Hemoglobin

Hematocrit

Mean Corpuscular Volume

Red Cell Distribution Width

Value

Blood Chemistry (Basic Metabolic Panel) (BMP)

Abbreviation Unit Normal

Sodium Na+ mEq/L 135 - 145

K+ Cl- Glu Ca^2 + Cr BUN

mEq/L 3.5 - 5. mEq/L mg/dL mg/dL mg/dL mg/dL

Potassium

Chloride

Glucose

Calcium

Creatinine

Blood Urea Nitrogen

Value

Cholesterol Levels

Abbreviation Unit Normal

Cholesterol Total mg/dL < LDL HDL TG

mg/dL < mg/dL mg/dL

60 optimal <

Low Density Lipoprotein

High Density Lipoprotein

Triglycerides

Value

Arterial Blood Gas

Abbreviation Unit Normal

pH 7.35 - 7.

PaCO (^2)

pH

PaO (^2) HCO (^3)

mmHg 35 - mmHg mEq/L

Partial Pressure of CO 2

Partial Pressure of O 2

Bicarbonate

Base Excess BE mEq/L -2 - + Oxygen Saturation SaO 2 % 95 - 100

Value

Coagulation Studies

Abbreviation Unit Normal

Prothrombin Time Seconds 11 - 14

PTT

PT

INR

aPTT

Seconds 25 - 35

Seconds

Partial Thromboplastin Time

International Normalized Ratio Activated Partial AThromboplastin Time

Value

Common Laboratory Tests

Abbreviation Unit Normal

HDL

INR

mg/dL mg/L 0.54 - 2. 0.8 - 1.

High Density Lipoprotein >60 optimal Homocysteine International Normalized Ratio Iron Fe μg/dL 50- LDH

LDL

Mg MCV

U/L 88-

mEq/L U/L mg/dL mg/dL fL

Venous Blood: 0.5-2. Arterial Blood: 0.5-1. 0 - 160

Lactate Dehydrogenase Lactic Acid Lipase Low Density Lipoprotein Magnesium Mean Corpuscular Volume Myoglobin MB ng/mL 5 – 70

SaO (^2) PaCO (^2) PaO (^2) PTT pH

mOSM/kg 261- % mmHg mmHg Seconds

Osmolality, Serum Oxygen Saturation (Arterial) Partial Pressure of (Arterial) CO 2 Partial Pressure of (Arterial) O 2 Partial Thromboplastin Time

Phosphorus (phosphate) PO 4 mg/dL 3.0-4. PLT K+ PAB PSA Prot

cells/mcL 100,000 - 450, mEq/L mg/dL ng/mL g/dL

Male: < 4 Female: < 0.

Platelets Potassium Prealbumin

Prostate Specific Antigen

Protein (total) Prothrombin Time PT Seconds 11 - 14

Red Cell Distribution Width RDW <14. Sodium Na+ 135 - 145

RBC x10 6 /ml

mEq/L Triglycerides TG mg/dL < Total Iron Binding Capacity TIBC μg/dL 250- Troponin I cTnI ng/mL <0. White Blood Cell WBC 4,500 - 10,

These lab tables are an excerpt from "Lab Values: 63 Must Know Labs for NCLEX" you can download the book on Amazon.com.

cells/mcL

Male: 4.5 - 5. Red Blood Cell Female: 4.0 - 4.

pH (arterial)