EVALUATION STG: After 6 hrs of nursing interventions, the client had no elevation in blood pressure above normal limits and will maintain blood pressure within acceptable limits. Goal was met. LTG: After 5 days of nursing interventions, the client maintained an adequate cardiac output and cardiac index.
<< Back. The PSAT is a two-hour test given once a year in October. Many students take the PSAT, not only as preparation for the SAT taken in senior year and widely used as a major criterion for college admissions, but also to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Competition.
One of the suggestions is to abstain from sex at least 24 hours prior to the test being done and some physicians may even recommend abstaining from sex at least 48 hours before having blood drawn for the PSA test.