Manual of Nursing Diagnosis provides a quick reference and is useful for learners and expert diagnosticians.
This resource contains all the major Diagnoses listed by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)- standard diagnoses that are meant to create a standard plan of care for patients with any range of ailments.
Manual of Nursing Diagnosis is designed to meet the needs of both novices and expert diagnosticians. Sample admission assessment guides are included for the family, community, and individual (adults, infants, young children, and critical care clients). Sections on how diagnoses can be used to guide questions and observations beyond the basic assessment and how to use diagnostic categories in other clinical activities (for example, critical paths, quality improvement) provide a quick reference.
Key Features
- 17 new diagnoses approved at the national conference of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) International.
- Helps users to find the nursing diagnoses useful in describing their clinical judgments about health-related conditions, projecting outcomes, and planning interventions.
- Functional health patterns provide an easily learned framework for assessment and critical thinking within the clinical judgment process.
- Assessment guidelines and diagnoses are grouped under the same categories facilitates the movement from assessment data to nursing diagnosis.
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