Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice

The new edition of the classic nursing diagnosis text by the leading authority addresses nursing diagnoses and their specific use in clinical practice. New in this edition are nursing diagnosis - issues and controversies; 10 new NANDA diagnoses; a new section on potential complications - adverse effects of medication therapy that covers 11 drug categories; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; clarification of nurse-prescribed interventions; new material on identifying priority diagnoses and collaborative problems; new diagnosis information on suicide; new material on multi-disciplinary care planning; syndrome diagnoses; expanded description of the use of nursing standards; new material on "monitoring" vs "prevention"; further explanation on how to differentiate "at risk" from "high risk"; new material on the relationship between functional health patterns and diagnosis; expanded material on evaluating nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.