Phlebotomy Essentials
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ISBN: 9781451194524
Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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A pediatric home care nurse schedule a visit to the home of a four week old newborn, who had a low thyroxine T4 and a high thyroid stimulating hormone at birth, and was diagnosed with congenital, hypothyroidism or cretinism, which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide the beatings of the child
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