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Adult Lab Values Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet with normal adult lab values and lab value skeletons to help nursing students. It includes a list of common lab tests and their normal ranges, such as sodium, potassium, cholesterol, BUN, creatinine, hemoglobin, and more. The cheat sheet also shows "lab value skeletons", which are templates students can use to record a patient's lab results and check them against the normal ranges. The overall document aims to help students learn and remember important lab values through these visual aids.

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Adult Lab Values Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet with normal adult lab values and lab value skeletons to help nursing students. It includes a list of common lab tests and their normal ranges, such as sodium, potassium, cholesterol, BUN, creatinine, hemoglobin, and more. The cheat sheet also shows "lab value skeletons", which are templates students can use to record a patient's lab results and check them against the normal ranges. The overall document aims to help students learn and remember important lab values through these visual aids.

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Eunice Cortés
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Adult Lab Values

Cheat Sheet

Hey there, friend!

Thanks for downloading this lab values cheat sheet.

Lab values are super important for you to know during nursing school.

Not only will you need to know how to interpret them in order to take great care of your patients, but
you'll most likely be tested on them on your exams as well.

We’ll walk through some of the most important lab values you need to know in nursing school, and I’ll
also give you some quick ways to keep track of them at clinical (through lab value skeletons!)

Here’s what’s included:

Normal Adult Lab Values


Lab Value Skeletons

Be sure to print this cheat sheet out and pop it into your lecture or clinical binder so you can always
reference it when you need to.

And if you need more help with nursing fundamentals, be sure to check out this playlist on YouTube.

Thanks for being here, friend! And thanks for allowing me to help you along your nursing school
journey.

All my best,
Christina

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This cheat sheet is intended for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice and
errors may occur. Never treat a patient or make a nursing or medical decision based solely on the information
provided in this video. Never practice nursing or medicine unless you have a proper license to do so.
NursingSOS
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Adult Lab Values
Cheat Sheet
NORMAL ADULT LAB VALUES:
Sodium (Na): 135-145 mEq/L
Potassium (K): 3.5 - 5 mEq/L
Chloride (Cl): 98-106 mEq/L
Calcium: 9-10.5 mg/dL
Magnesium: 1.3-2.1 mEq/L
Phosphorus: 3-4.5 mg/dL
BUN: 7-20 mg/dL
Creatinine: 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
Creatinine Clearance: 90-120 mL per minute
Hemoglobin (Hgb): 12-17.5 g/dL
Hematocrit (Hct): 34-52%
WBC: 4.5-11 cells/mm3
Platelets (Plt): 150,000-400,000
PT: 10-13 seconds
PTT: 25-35 seconds
INR: 0.8-1.2
Glucose: 70-100 mg/dL
pH: 7.35-7.45
PaCO2: 35-45 mmHg
HCO3: 22-26 mEq/L
PaO2: 80-100 mmHg

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This study guide is intended for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice and
errors may occur. Never treat a patient or make a nursing or medical decision based solely on the information
provided in this video. Never practice nursing or medicine unless you have a proper license to do so.
NursingSOS
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Adult Lab Values
Cheat Sheet
LAB VALUE SKELETONS:
You may have seen these clusters of numbers and abbreviations during lecture class or at clinical.

This is a quick and handy tool for you to use to keep track of your patient’s lab values, as well as to
remember the normal ranges.

When you get a new patient, all you need to do is draw out this grid ("skeleton") on your brain sheet
or another piece of paper and fill in their lab values.

The more you use this cheat sheet, the quicker you will memorize the normal lab values, as well as
where to put them in each of these skeletons.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This study guide is intended for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice and
errors may occur. Never treat a patient or make a nursing or medical decision based solely on the information
provided in this video. Never practice nursing or medicine unless you have a proper license to do so.
NursingSOS

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