Nursing Diagnosis Manual

Manual of Nursing Diagnosis, Thirteenth Edition outlines all the major and most recent diagnoses listed by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) in order to help nurses create care plans for patients with any range of ailments. Updated and organized to meet the needs of both novices and expert diagnosticians, it includes sample admission assessment guides for the family, community, and individual. Manual of Nursing Diagnosis, Thirteenth Edition is and easy to use quick reference the shows nurses how to use diagnoses to guide questions and observations beyond the basic assessment. In addition, it helps nurses use diagnostic categories in other clinical activities, including critical paths and quality improvement. New to this edition are the latest NANDA changes, including: 21 new nursing diagnoses 9 revised nursing diagnoses 6 retired nursing diagnoses. --Publisher description.

Identify interventions to plan, individualize, and document care. Updated with the latest diagnoses and interventions from NANDA-I 2021-2023, here’s the resource you’ll turn to again and again to select the appropriate diagnosis and to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 800 diseases and disorders. 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!

This text 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. The Twelfth Edition of the Manual of Nursing Diagnosis is updated and organized 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.

You can rely on this complete reference to identify interventions commonly associated with specific nursing diagnoses across the client's life span, and to help plan, individualize, and document client care. Using the standard nursing language of NANDA, NIC, and NOC, this manual's listing of diagnoses follows NANDA's own sequencing - alphabetized by key term; prioritizes interventions; and covers almost 900 disorders and health conditions with associated diagnoses.It covers: the newest diagnoses by NANDA; more diagnoses and almost 100 disorders and conditions; all diagnosis listings follow NANDA's own sequencing; outcomes that include Client Will (Include Specific Time Frame) statements in Nursing documentation focus provided at the end of every diagnosis; Spotlights Concept Mapping for creating and documenting care to enhance critical thinking skills when planning client care; and, interventions that are prioritized, with helpful icons indicating specialized interventions. It features a free Pocket Minder with a complete listing of nursing diagnoses, with page references to the book.

"This handbook offers practical guidance on nursing diagnoses and associated care. It is a quick-reference type scope of content, easy for students to use while in clinical, in the classroom or simulation lab. It provides a condensed, organized outline of clinical nursing practice designed to communicate creative clinical nursing. It is not meant to replace nursing textbooks, but rather to provide nurses who work in a variety of settings with the information they need without requiring a time-consuming review of the literature. It will assist students in transferring their theoretical knowledge to clinical practice"--

Boost students' clinical confidence and practice readiness with the latest evidence-based information for nursing diagnoses. Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, 12th Edition, provides fast, efficient access to clearly written, comprehensive coverage of the 2021-2023 NANDA-I definitions and classifications to help students meet the evolving healthcare needs of today's patients. Approachable monographs--thoroughly updated and alphabetized for quick, easy reference--reflect the nursing process and the expertise of leading nursing clinicians, educators, and researchers to equip students for clinical success in any setting.

A reference to help nursing students and practising nurses select a nursing diagnosis and write plans of care with ease and confidence. The book provides care plans for every NANDA diagnosis and provides a quick access index of appropriate nursing diagnoses for over 1200 clinical entities.

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