NURSING DIAGNOSIS HANDBOOK, fifth edition, is a convenient reference to help nursing students and practicing 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 1,200 clinical entities including signs and symptoms, medical diagnoses, and surgeries across the life span.The revision of this successful book will incorporate all of the new and revised NANDA diagnoses from the 2000 meeting, as well as further integration of both the NIC and NOC taxonomies. The new edition will also indicate evidence-based interventions and rationales with a margin icon, and a two-color design will readily identify important content and increase ease of use. A new MERLIN website will provide students with the opportunity to create customized plans of care for their clients. (Includes a FREE MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Ackley/NDH/)

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

Medical Books

Ladwig MSN RN, Gail B.

Ackley MSN EdS RN, Betty J.

Nursing

Mosby

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.
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<li>Helps users understand how to make a nursing diagnosis and plan care using the nursing process and evidence-based nursing research.</li>
<li>The practical, step-by-step format helps users make diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence.</li>
<li>Integrates both NIC and NOC interventions and outcomes in each care plan.</li>
<li>Features essential home care, client/family teaching, multicultural, pediatric, and geriatric considerations relevant to today's nursing students.</li>
<li>Helps users easily create customized plans of care using the Ackley, Ladwig Care Plan Constructor on the Evolve website.</li>
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<li>This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses.</li>
<li>The new alphabetical thumb tabs offer easy access to specific nursing diagnosis care plans.</li>
<li>Features a helpful explanation of how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections.</li>
<li>Features many enhancements to the accompanying Evolve website (see Ancillaries for details).</li>
<li>Includes more detailed information about NOC and its use in nursing care planning.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Guide to Planning Care section now offers updated and expanded multicultural, pediatric, and evidence-based interventions/rationales.</li>
<li>An appendix now includes Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, as adapted by the authors.</li>
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This portable reference is designed to help practicing nurses and nursing students make a nursing diagnosis and write a care plan with ease and confidence. Its quick-access format allows the user to quickly find the information needed while in clinics, class, or at the patient's bedside.
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<li>Up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses.</li>
<li>Includes suggested nursing diagnoses and page references for over 1200 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states.</li>
<li>Includes care plans for all nursing diagnoses suggested in Section I, including evidence-based, independent, collaborative, geriatric, multicultural, pediatric, and home care interventions.</li>
<li>Provides care plans for every NANDA-approved nursing diagnosis.</li>
<li>Allows quick access to information with alphabetical organization.</li>
<li>Includes geriatric, multicultural, pediatric, and home care interventions as necessary for plans of care.</li>
<li>Smaller trim size makes this book easy to carry and use in a clinical setting.</li>
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Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis

This groundbreaking reference ― created by an internationally respected team of clinical and research experts ― provides quick access to concise summaries of the body of nursing research for 192 common medical-surgical interventions. Each nursing care guideline classifies specific nursing activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, or Possibly Harmful, providing a bridge between research and clinical practice. Ideal for both nursing students and practicing nurses, this evidence-based reference is your key to confidently evaluating the latest research findings and effectively applying best practices in the clinical setting.
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<li>Synthesizing the current state of research evidence, each nursing care guideline classifies specific activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, Not Effective, or Possibly Harmful.</li>
<li>Easy-to-recognize icons for each cited study help you differentiate between findings that are based on nursing research (NR), multidisciplinary research (MR), or expert opinion (EO), or those activities that represent established standards of practice (SP). </li>
<li>Each nursing activity is rated by level of evidence, allowing you to gauge the validity of the research and weigh additional evidence you may encounter. </li>
<li>Guidelines are identified by NIC intervention labels wherever appropriate, and NOC outcome measurements are incorporated throughout. </li>
<li> An Evolve website provides additional evidence-based nursing resources.</li>
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Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines: Medical-Surgical Interventions

Swan PhD CRNP FAAN, Beth Ann

Tucker PhD RN, Sharon J.

This convenient, portable resource features much of the content from Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 8th Edition in a concise, take-anywhere format. Perfect for use in clinicals, in class, and at the bedside, Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis is logically organized for quick access to essential care planning information and guidelines.
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<li>Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.</li>
<li>A convenient A-to-Z organization helps you quickly locate key information.</li>
<li>Includes complete coverage of pediatric, geriatric, and multicultural considerations, as well as home care and client/family teaching guidelines for each condition.</li>
<li>Portable format makes it easy to carry and use while in clinicals, in class, or at the bedside.</li>
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<li>Features the most up-to-date 2007-2008 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, including 15 new, 20 revised, and 5 replacement diagnoses.</li>
<li>Patient/Family Teaching sections offer expanded wellness and health promotion information.</li>
<li>Clustered wellness nursing diagnoses are quick and easy to locate.</li>
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An indispensable resource in the clinical setting, this convenient handheld software offers on-the-go access to all of the essential care planning information in the 8th edition of Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care. It puts essential guidance at your fingertips for every stage of the assessment and critical thinking process to help you build customized care plans for each patient’s unique condition, health history, symptoms, and mental state. Quick-reference software features include full-text search, annotation capabilities, and cross-linking between all Skyscape products.
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<li>Offers guidelines to help you formulate a nursing diagnosis based on known information and relevant patient assessment findings.</li>
<li>Contains an A-to-Z list of medical diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, clinical states, and symptoms to assist in identifying the appropriate nursing diagnosis for your patient.</li>
<li>Provides the defining characteristics, risk, and related factors you need to confirm the diagnosis, determine desired outcomes, plan interventions with evidence-based rationales, and provide effective nursing care.</li>
<li>FCovers both independent and collaborative nursing interventions.</li>
<li>Includes pediatric, geriatric, and multicultural considerations as appropriate.</li>
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<li>Features the most up-to-date 2007-2008 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, including approximately 15 new, 20 revised, and 5 replacement diagnoses.</li>
<li>Provides a more detailed explanation of NIC and NOC taxonomies and their use in care planning.</li>
<li>Explanations of assessment versus action interventions help guide you to the correct choice of intervention.</li>
<li>Covers important information on concept mapping.</li>
<li>Patient/Family Teaching sections offer expanded wellness and health promotion information.</li>
<li>Clustered wellness nursing diagnoses are quick and easy to locate.</li>
<li>Includes the latest evidence-based nursing rationales.</li>
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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook - CD-ROM PDA Software Powered by Skyscape: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

This money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students! It includes Ackley's Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines 1st edition text and an electronic version of the textbook that allows students to search, highlight information, take notes, share notes and more. This package makes it simple for students to make the most of their study time and get more use out of their textbooks!

Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines - Text and E-Book Package: Medical-Surgical Interventions

This money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students! It includes Ackley's Nursing Diagnosis Handbook 8th edition text and an electronic version of the textbook that allows students to search, highlight information, take notes, share notes and more. This package makes it simple for students to make the most of their study time and get more use out of their textbooks!

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook - Text and E-Book Package: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

This money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students! It includes Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis 2nd edition text and an electronic version of the textbook that allows students to search, highlight information, take notes, share notes and more. This package makes it simple for students to make the most of their study time and get more use out of their textbooks!

Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis - Text and E-Book Package

Book by Ackley MSN EdS RN, Betty J., Ladwig MSN RN, Gail B.

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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis

Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines: Medical-Surgical Interventions

Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook - CD-ROM PDA Software Powered by Skyscape: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines - Text and E-Book Package: Medical-Surgical Interventions

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook - Text and E-Book Package: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis - Text and E-Book Package

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook - Text and E-Book Package: An Evidence-Based Practice