NURSING DIAGNOSIS HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO PLANNING CARE, 7th edition

NURSING DIAGNOSIS HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO PLANNING CARE, 7th edition by Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig

ISBN: 0-323-03664-3

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Synopsis Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care, Seventh Edition, helps you determine nursing diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence. This extensively revised and updated edition presents the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-I-approved nursing diagnoses. Examples of NIC and NOC taxonomies are also included, as well as evidence-based practice, home care, and client and family teaching. Considerations are also provided for multicultural, geriatric, and pediatric patients. Book jacket. This bestselling reference 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. This extensively revised and updated edition presents the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses. You'll also appreciate the handbook's integration of both the NIC and NOC taxonomies; evidence-based nursing interventions; home care; client/family teaching; and multicultural, geriatric, and pediatric considerations. Instructor resources are available; contact your sales representative for details. Helps users understand how to make a nursing diagnosis and plan care using the nursing process and evidence-based nursing research. The practical, step-by-step format helps users make diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence. Integrates both NIC and NOC interventions and outcomes in each care plan. Features essential home care, client/family teaching, multicultural, pediatric, and geriatric considerations relevant to today's nursing students. Helps users easily create customized plans of care using the Ackley, Ladwig Care Plan Constructor on the Evolve website. This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses. The new alphabetical thumb tabs offer easy access to specific nursing diagnosis care plans. Features a helpful explanation of how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections. Features many enhancements to the accompanying Evolve website (see Ancillaries for details). Includes more detailed information about NOC and its use in nursing care planning. Guide to Nursing Diagnoses section features more emotional/spiritual elements and now includes coverage of Mad Cow, E. Coli, West Nile, Foodborne Illnesses, and Pesticide Contamination. Guide to Planning Care section now offers updated and expanded multicultural, pediatric, and evidence-based interventions/rationales. An appendix now includes Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, as adapted by the authors. Product Identifiers ISBN-10 0323036643 ISBN-13 9780323036641 Key Details Author Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig Number Of Pages 1376 pages Edition Description Revised Series Nursing Diagnosis Handbook Ser. Format Paperback Publication Date 2005-07-28 Language English Publisher Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Additional Details Edition Number 7 Copyright Date 2005 Illustrated Yes Dimensions Weight 72.5 Oz Height 1.9 In. Width 7.5 In. Length 9.2 In. Target Audience Group College Audience Classification Method LC Classification Number RT48.6.A35 2005 Dewey Decimal 610.73 Dewey Edition 21 Table Of Content Table Of Content Section I.Nursing Diagnosis, the Nursing Process and Evidence Based Nursing An explanation of how to make a nursing diagnosis and plan care using the nursing process and evidence based nursing. Section IIGuide to Nursing Diagnoses An alphabetized list of medical diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, clinical states, symptoms, and problems, with suggested nursing diagnoses Section IIIGuide to Planning Care The definition, defining characteristics, risk factors, related factors, suggested NOC outcomes, client outcomes, suggested NIC interventions, interventions with evidence-based rationales, geriatric interventions (when appropriate), home care interventions, culturally competent nursing interventions (where appropriate), and client/family teaching for client education for each alphabetized NANDA nursing diagnosis. Also includes a pain assessment guide and equianalgesic chart. Appendixes A. Nursing Diagnoses Arranged by Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs B. Nursing Diagnoses Arranged by NANDAs Taxonomy II D. Nursing Diagnoses Arranged by Gordons Functional Health Patterns (adapted)

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