Customer Reviews

All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans

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I reviewed 4 different Nursing care plan books; overall, this one is the best and clearest. I would highly recommend this one over others. It is the only one that clearly articulates, NUMERICALLY, what a nursing goal should aim to achieve so you can actually MEASURE if your interventions were successful. Oh..and it really is easy to read.

This is the best book I've found to do those pain-staking care plans when I was in Nursing school. Info is easy to find & the interventions & rationals are short & sweet:)

I've got to say I love the way this book was organized. It goes from clinical areas (MEDSURG, OB, PEDs,etc.) to body systems (GI, neuro,etc.) to disease/condtions to NANDAs r/t to the cause (also pertinent interventions/rationales/lab values). Highly recommended to those who do not want to pull all nighters to finish their care plans or carry numerous expensive books with information you may never use. Instead zip through them like pros and only have one great book at hand!

My instructor suggested I get All-in-One because it will serve me through my rotations (Med-Surg, Peds, OB and Psych.) I love this book! It is so much better than the one we were required to buy. It is the only care plan book I've seen that gives measurable outcomes, which are so helpful in practice, not just in writing the plans. The rationales are detailed and easy to understand, and I quickly find what I am looking for. Highly recommended!

This book seems to be helpful if you are searching for really specific diagnoses, but not for just a broad range. For example, risk for impaired skin integrity is due to chemotherapy. It is very specific in each category, and makes it impossible to use for a regular patient care plan. This was partly my fault because i did not read into it a lot before purchasing (bought in the store). I am hoping that I can return it and get a general care plan book, that is not so specific in the related to and evidenced by parts. This one would probably come in handy when I am in specialties phase this summer, however I am in an accelerated LPN program, and our specialties are short in length, so it is a waste of money. I do agree with a previous review that the book is not very well organized either.

Until this book, I didn't have a simple reference for all the NANDA diagnoses with interventions/rationales. This one is laid out very nicely specifically for care plans. The only thing that could have improved this book would have been to include more reviews of each topic, but then again its a CARE PLANNING book and if it offered more, it would weigh 50 pounds. So I thought it did CARE PLANNING very well!

I received the book in excellent condition. I am satisfied with my purchase. I like the format of the book. It is a very easy reading and excellent for developing a care plan. I would recommend this book for nursing students and new nurses!

This book has really been helpful. I would recomment it to anyone trying to do nursing careplans.

I bought this book for my daughter who is studying for her RN. She loves it and has shared it with other students in her class

THIS BOOK IS GREAT FOR A NURSING STUDENT WHO HAS TO WRITE THERE OWN CARE PLANS OR AS WE CALL THEM "CONCEPT MAPS"