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

Ackley MSN EdS RN, Betty J.

Ladwig MSN RN, Gail B.

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 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

The 10th edition of the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook makesformulating nursing diagnoses and creating individualized care plans a breeze. Updated with the most recent NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses,this convenient reference shows you how to build customized care plans in three easy steps: assess, diagnose, plan. Authors Elizabeth Ackley and Gail Ladwig use Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) to guide you in creating care plans that include desired outcomes, interventions, patient teaching, and evidence-based rationales.
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<li>Unique! Care Plan Constructor on the companion Evolve website offers hands-on practice creating customized plans of care. </li>
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Alphabetical thumb tabs allow quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.</li>
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Suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan. </li>
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Recent and classic research examples promote evidence-based interventions and rationales.</li>
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<li>NEW! 4 Color text</li>
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NEW! Includes updated 2012-2014 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses
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NEW! Provides the latest NIC/NOC, interventions, and rationales for every care plan.</li>
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NEW! QSEN Safety interventions and rationales</li>
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NEW! 100 NCLEX exam-style review questions are available on the companion Evolve website.</li>
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NEW! Root Causing Thinking and Motivational Interviewing appendixes on the companion Evolve website.</li>
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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Get nursing care plans right! Ackley’s Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 12th Edition helps practicing nurses and nursing students select appropriate nursing diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence. This convenient handbook shows you how to correlate nursing diagnoses with known information about clients on the basis of assessment findings, established medical or psychiatric diagnoses, and the current treatment plan. Extensively revised and updated with the new 2018-2020 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, it integrates the NIC and NOC taxonomies, evidence-based nursing interventions, and adult, pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, home care, safety, and client/family teaching and discharge planning considerations to guide your students in creating unique, individualized care plans.
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<li>Step-by-step instructions</li> shows you how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections to create a unique, individualized plan of care. <li>
UNIQUE! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis
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Promotes evidence-based interventions and rationales by including recent or classic research that supports the use of each intervention. </li>
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Presents examples of and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan.</li>
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150 NCLEX exam-style review questions are available on Evolve.</li>
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Easy-to-follow sections I and II guide you through the nursing process and selection of appropriate nursing </li>
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Appendixes provide you with valuable information in an easy-to-access location. </li>
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Clear, concise interventions are usually only a sentence or two long and use no more than two references. </li>
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Safety content emphasizes what must be considered to provide safe patient care. </li>
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Classic evidence-based references promote evidence-based interventions and rationales.</li>
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List of Nursing Diagnosis Index on inside front cover of book for quick reference. </li>
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Alphabetical thumb tabs allow quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.</li>
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<li>NEW!</li> Includes comprehensive, up-to-date information on the new 2018-2020 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, complete with 17 new diagnoses.<li>
NEW! and UPDATED! Provides the latest NIC/NO C, interventions, and rationales for every care plan</li>
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NEW! Section I: Gender identity discussion includes information about the caregiver’s responsibility for adapting care accordingly. </li>
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NEW! Interventions reorganized by priority helps you quickly identify the information you’re searching for. </li>
<li>NEW! Section II: Bullying, Gender Dysphoria, Medical marijuana, Military families/personnel, Opioid use/abuse, Service animals, Technology addiction, and Veterans.</li>
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NEW! Additional clarification of use of QSEN throughout book in Section I</li>
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NEW! Concept map creator added from Yoost textbook. </li>
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NEW! Updated rationales include evidence-based references 5 years or less.</li>
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Martinez-Kratz MS RN CNE, Marina Reyna

Zanotti, Melody

Makic PhD RN CCNS CCRN FAAN FNAP FCNS, Mary Beth Flynn

Allied Health Professions

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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

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

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care