Updated with NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses 2018-20 The all-in-one care planning resource! Here’s the step-by-step guidance you need to develop individualized plans of care while also honing your critical-thinking and analytical skills. You’ll find about 160 care plans in all, covering acute, community, and home-care settings across the life span. Each plan features… Client assessment database for each medical condition Complete listings of nursing diagnoses organized by priority Diagnostic studies with explanations of the reason for the test and what the results mean Actions and interventions with comprehensive rationales NANDA, NIC, and NOC’s most recent guidelines and terminology Evidence-based citations Index of nursing diagnoses and their associated disorders

The all-in-one care planning resource! Here’s the step-by-step guidance you need to develop individualized plans of care while also honing your critical-thinking and analytical skills. You’ll find about 160 care plans in all, covering acute, community, and home-care settings across the life span. Each plan features… Client assessment database for each medical condition Complete listings of nursing diagnoses organized by priority Diagnostic studies with explanations of the reason for the test and what the results mean Actions and interventions with comprehensive rationales Evidence-based citations Index of nursing diagnoses and their associated disorders

This quick-reference tool has what you need to select the appropriate diagnosis to plan your patients’ care effectively. The 14th Edition features all the latest nursing diagnoses and updated interventions.

Here’s the 5th Edition of the resource you’ll turn to again and again to select the appropriate diagnosis and to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 850 diseases and disorders. A new, streamlined design makes reference easier than ever. Only in the Nursing Diagnosis Manual will you find for each diagnosis…defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively - sample clinical applications to ensure you have selected the appropriate diagnoses - prioritized action/interventions with rationales - a documentation section, and much more!

-- Latest NANDA diagnoses included through the 13th conference (1999) -- Contains selected rationales for nursing interventions -- Contains an updated chapter of 300 Disorders/Health Problems with Associated Nursing Diagnoses that facilitates the assessment and diagnosis steps of the nursing process -- Interventions are listed according to nursing priorities including teaching/discharge considerations

Key Features New To The 6th Edition-- Contains selected rationales for nursing interventions-- Includes updated nursing diagnoses accepted by the latest NANDA Conference-- Introduces Nursing Interventions Classification; first text to integrate material that classifies nursing interventions according to research

Doenges, a clinical specialist, Moorhouse, a nurse consultant, and Geissler, a contract practitioner nurse consultant, all working out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, designed this text for both the practicing nurse and nursing student as a reference tool to use in acute care, community and homecare settings. Following introductory chapters on current issues in healthcare and care plan construction, the book is organized by body systems, presenting plans of care including information to assist the nurse in providing holistic care. The enclosed CD-ROM includes sample care plans for 172 disorders which can be customized to fit specific patient needs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contains a Nurse's Pocket Minder, which lists nursing diagnoses through the latest NANDA Conference. Make sure your students use the best pocket guide to plan patient care! This handy pocket guide helps nursing students identify interventions most commonly associated with nursing diagnoses when caring for patients. It's the perfect resource for hospital and community-based settings.

When you understand the whys of each step the nursing process, it’s easier easy to understand how to apply them in the real world in which you will practice. Take an interactive, step-by-step approach to developing the diagnostic reasoning and problem-solving skills you need to think like a nurse with the resources you’ll find in this unique workbook style text.