Nursing Diagnosis Handbook

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Betty J. Ackley, MSN, EdS, RN and Gail B. Ladwig, MSN, RN, CHTP (Mosby – An imprint of Elsevier, Inc)

Includes the latest evidence-based nursing rationales.

This bestselling resource helps users make nursing diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence. It helps nurses correlate nursing diagnoses with known information about clients on the basis of assessment findings, established medical or psychiatric diagnoses, and the current treatment plan. Its step-by-step approach guides you through the process, helping you formulate a nursing diagnosis based on known information and assessment findings; identify the appropriate nursing diagnosis; and create a care plan that includes desired outcomes, interventions, and evidence-based rationales. Nursing Diagnosis Handbook is an essential care planning resource you will turn to again and again throughout your nursing education and career.

Key Features

Features the most up-to-date 2007-2008 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, including approximately 15 new, 20 revised, and 5 replacement diagnoses.
Provides a more detailed explanation of NIC and NOC taxonomies and their use in care planning.
Includes the latest evidence-based nursing rationales.
A convenient A-to-Z organization in Sections I and II helps you quickly locate key information.
Patient/Family Teaching sections offer expanded wellness and health promotion information.
Evidence-based practice information is incorporated throughout.
Includes complete coverage of pediatric, geriatric, and multicultural considerations, as well as home care and client/family teaching guidelines for each condition.
Explanations of assessment versus action interventions help guide you to the correct choice of intervention.
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