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

by Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig

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This innovative resource teaches you the critical thinking and assessment skills you need to build customized care plans based on each patient's unique needs. Its step-by-step approach guides you through the process, helping you formulate a nursing diagnosis based on known information and assessment findings; identify the appropriate nursing diagnosis; and create a care plan that includes desired outcomes, interventions, and evidence-based rationales. Nursing Diagnosis Handbook is an essential care planning resource you will turn to again and again throughout your nursing education and career.

Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.
Includes examples of and suggested NIC and NOC interventions and outcomes for each care plan.
A convenient A-to-Z organization in Sections I and II helps you quickly locate key information.
Evidence-based practice information is incorporated throughout.
Includes complete coverage of pediatric, geriatric, and multicultural considerations, as well as home care and client/family teaching guidelines for each condition.
A Care Plan Constructor on the Evolve website helps you create customized plans of care.

Features the most up-to-date 2007-2008 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, including approximately 15 new, 20 revised, and 5 replacement diagnoses.
Provides a more detailed explanation of NIC and NOC taxonomies and their use in care planning.
Explanations of assessment versus action interventions help guide you to the correct choice of intervention.
Covers important information on concept mapping.
Patient/Family Teaching sections offer expanded wellness and health promotion information.
Clustered wellness nursing diagnoses are quick and easy to locate.
Includes the latest evidence-based nursing rationales.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Don't go to nursing school without it!, 2008-08-14
I have the 7th edition which was in our required book list for school. It is one of the only books I have used every semester, and I'm sure I'll use it in this last semester. I couldn't have done my evidence based papers or nursing care plans without it.

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5 out of 5 stars

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care (Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 2008-06-23
I purchased this book for Nursing school for the Fall. Based on the reviews from our instructors, they are very pleased with this book. I am excited to begin using this book in the fall. Amazon was a pleasure to work with. They shipped out much quicker than originally anticipated.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful, 2008-05-15
This book was so helpful when I had to write care plans for patients. It is so easy to use and takes you step-by-step through the nursing process. I use this book instead of the book required by my school.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1 out of 5 stars

Not the best out there, 2008-04-26
This book was recommended by my nursing program and the majority of the class did purchase this book. It has been worthless for me and usually frustrates me more on the stressful nights of care plan writing. Investigate all your options before purchasing any care plan books and pick one that fits with you. Just because this book didn't work for me it might be someone else's saving grace.

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2 out of 5 stars

Not enough detail, 2008-02-22
Does not give detailed explanations of diagnoses. But list many different diagnoses that you may not have thought of.

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