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Appendix H

This is an important area to review because it is a subcategory of the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan that is often tested. Refer also to Chapter 11. Reduction of Risk Potential.The tests below are listed in chronological order by Chapter number.

Diagnostic Tests and ProceduresPage(s)
Chapter 4. Health Promotion and Maintenance Childbearing Family
HuhnerInterruption of Pregnancy (Elective/Voluntary Abortion)
Rubin’sInterruption of Pregnancy (Elective/Voluntary Abortion)
HysterosalpingogramInterruption of Pregnancy (Elective/Voluntary Abortion)
Creatinine clearanceHealth Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications
STI testsPrenatal Management, Prenatal Management
PAP smearPrenatal Management
TB testPrenatal Management
Anti-Rh titerInterruption of Pregnancy (Elective/Voluntary Abortion), Prenatal Management, Prenatal Management, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance, The Intrapartum Experience, The Newborn Infant
Sickle cellPrenatal Management, Prenatal Management
Multiple marker screenPrenatal Management
Indirect Coombs’ testHealth Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance
AmniocentesisHealth Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications, Third-Trimester Complications
Glucose tolerance testPrenatal Management, Health Promotion and Maintenance
Nonstress test (NST)Health Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications
SonographyPrenatal Management, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications, Third-Trimester Complications, Third-Trimester Complications, The Intrapartum Experience
X-ray pelvimetryThe Intrapartum Experience
PhosphatidylinositolHealth Promotion and Maintenance
Nitrazine testHealth Promotion and Maintenance, The Intrapartum Experience
HCG levelsPrenatal Management, Health Promotion and Maintenance
AmniographyHealth Promotion and Maintenance
Urethral discharge Gram stainPrenatal Management, Health Promotion and Maintenance
VDRLHealth Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance
Smears: cervical, labial, vaginalPrenatal Management, Health Promotion and Maintenance
STS (serologic test for syphilis)Health Promotion and Maintenance, Health Promotion and Maintenance
  • TPI
Health Promotion and Maintenance
  • FTA
Health Promotion and Maintenance
Roll-over testSecond-Trimester Complications
DIC screeningThird-Trimester Complications
Daily fetal movement count (DFMC)Third-Trimester Complications
Contraction stress test (CST)Health Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications
Biophysical profile (BPP)Health Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications, The Intrapartum Experience
Oxytocin challenge testThird-Trimester Complications
Lecithin-sphingomyelin ratiosHealth Promotion and Maintenance, Third-Trimester Complications, The Intrapartum Experience, The Intrapartum Experience
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)Third-Trimester Complications
Fetal heart rate (FHR)The Intrapartum Experience, The Intrapartum Experience, The Intrapartum Experience
Amniotic fluid analysisThird-Trimester Complications, The Intrapartum Experience, The Intrapartum Experience
ApgarThe Intrapartum Experience
Fetal fibronectin assayThe Intrapartum Experience
Dextrostix/ChemstripThe Newborn Infant, The Newborn Infant
Cardiac catheterizationThe Newborn Infant, The Newborn Infant
Direct Coombs’ testThe Newborn Infant
Indirect bilirubin (deposits in CNS)The Newborn Infant
Chapter 5. Health Promotion and Maintenance Pediatric Client
EchocardiogramSequelae of Strep Infections
SickledexRecommended Health Screenings for Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Specific Conditions, Hematological System
Sweat testRespiratory System
CardiopneumogramRespiratory System
PolysomnographyRespiratory System
Liver function testsHealth Promotion and Maintenance
ASO titerHealth Promotion and Maintenance
Upper GI seriesStructural Defects
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)Kidney Tumor
Ventricular tapNeurological System
CT scanNeurological System, Kidney Tumor
Chapter 6. Physiological Integrity Adult Client
Rinne testPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Weber’s testPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopyYoung Adulthood (20 to 30 Years of Age), Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Cardiac catheterizationPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Thallium stressPhysiological Integrity
Angiography/arteriographyPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Selected Cancer Problems
Trendelenburg testPhysiological Integrity
PhlebographyPhysiological Integrity
Doppler flowmeterPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
VenogramPhysiological Integrity
Impedance plethysmographyPhysiological Integrity
UltrasonographyPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Selected Cancer Problems
Schilling testPhysiological Integrity
Sputum cultureRespiratory System - Physiological Integrity, Respiratory System - Physiological Integrity, Respiratory System - Physiological Integrity
BronchoscopyRespiratory System - Physiological Integrity
EchocardiogramRespiratory System - Physiological Integrity
Mantoux testRespiratory System - Physiological Integrity
Pulmonary function testsRespiratory System - Physiological Integrity, Respiratory System - Physiological Integrity, Respiratory System - Physiological Integrity
Lyme titerPhysiological Integrity
ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)Physiological Integrity
Western blot testPhysiological Integrity
EMAPhysiological Integrity
Celiac angiographyPhysiological Integrity
HepatoportographyPhysiological Integrity
Liver biopsyPhysiological Integrity
ParacentesisPhysiological Integrity
Barium swallowPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Selected Cancer Problems
EndoscopyPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Upper GI seriesPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Gastric analysisPhysiological Integrity
Barium enemaPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
CholangiographyPhysiological Integrity
ProctoscopyPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Caloric testPhysiological Integrity
AudiogramPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
TonometryPhysiological Integrity
Lumbar puncturePhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
ArthrocentesisPhysiological Integrity
ElectromyographyPhysiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
Ankle-arm pressure indexPhysiological Integrity
ThermographyRheumatoid Arthritis
ACTH stimulation testPhysiological Integrity
Exfoliative cytologyPhysiological Integrity
Tensilon testPhysiological Integrity
Prostigmin testPhysiological Integrity
Nerve conduction velocities (NCV)Physiological Integrity
DRE (digital rectal exam)Physiological Integrity, Physiological Integrity
TRUS (transrectal ultrasonography)Physiological Integrity
CytoscopyPhysiological Integrity
LaryngoscopyPhysiological Integrity
Chapter 10. Psychosocial Integrity Psychosocial
EEGPsychosocial Integrity
CT scanPsychosocial Integrity
Positron emission tomography (PET)Psychosocial Integrity
MRIPsychosocial Integrity
Liver function testSymptoms Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal
Nutritional testSymptoms Associated with Alcohol Withdrawal