Numbers That Change What You Do Next
A full-bleed soft amber field carrying one oversized vector laboratory result slip tilted 1 degree, twelve legible result rows, three flagged with a solid amber square and one flagged critical red, all values drawn as abstract mono glyph blocks so nothing on the cover can be read as a reference range.
VITALS · NCLEX-RN VISUAL REVIEW · UPSELL 6
LABORATORY VALUES, ELECTROLYTES, AND ABGS
The promise
A value, a direction, a tempo, and the call you make because of all three.
Inside this book
- Reference ranges that earn their place, because each one changes an action
- The six major electrolytes, taught in all four directions
- Arterial blood gases, compensation status, and the anion gap
- Critical values and the escalation sequence attached to each
- A simulated chart exhibit and an unfolding case across serial draws
- Two question sets, full rationales, and a ten-minute recall drill
Memory hookvalue, direction, tempo, call. Four words, in that order, on every result you touch.
Takeawaythis book teaches the decision the number triggers, not the number alone.
Edition 1 · 2026
Reference ranges vary between institutions and between reference laboratories. Every range in this book is stated as a study standard. In practice you follow your facility's posted values and local protocol.