Clinical Applications of Nursing Diagnosis: Adult, Child, Women's, Psychiatric, Gerontic, and Home Health Considerations [Paperback]

Dr Helen Cox (Author), Mittie Hinz (Author), Dr Susan Newfield (Author), Donna Scott-Tilley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0803616554 | ISBN-13: 978-0803616554 | Publication Date: May 7, 2007 | Edition: 5

Organized by Gordon s Functional Health Patterns, this unique care plan text is packed with outstanding features it s the resource students will turn to again and again. They ll find everything they need to create and implement great care plans across the lifespan. Your resource for nursing diagnosis, care planning and concept maps, concept map generator, care plan template, interactive and printable assessment tool, and more! Your resource for nursing diagnosis, care planning and concept maps, concept map generator, care plan template, interactive and printable assessment tool, and more! Davis s Care Planning Nursing Diagnosis Resource Center

Product Details

• Paperback: 756 pages
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company; 5 edition (May 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803616554
• ISBN-13: 978-0803616554
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Assessment & Diagnosis

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I am disappointed!, September 22, 2007

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S. McGuire "SFSU BSN" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clinical Applications of Nursing Diagnosis: Adult, Child, Women's, Psychiatric, Gerontic, and Home Health Considerations (Paperback)

Cox's Nursinging Diagnoses doesn't relate any of the Nanda Diagnoses to any specific disease processes. For the novice nurse, like myself, this makes this book very difficult to use. With only 2 semesters of experience under my belt I need the additional guidance which books like Gulanick/Myers Nursing Care Plans, and Ackley-Ludwig Nursing Diagnosis Handbook give me. In these books I can use my patients medical diagnosis to find suggestions on appropriate interventions for my careplan. For instance, I am assigned a patient that is one day post-op for having undergone a CABG, I can look up CABG and get a list of corresponding nursing diagnoses and prioritized interventions. Using the Cox book I would have to have alot more first hand knowledge of what to expect regarding the patients' response to undergoing a surgery like a CABG.
The Cox book can be useful as an adjunct to these other books. Once I know what Nursing Diagnoses I should focus on, I can then go to Cox and look at suggested interventions.
Summary: If you are only getting one care plan book, dont make it this one.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nursing Student Reviews Book, August 23, 2000

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This review is from: Clinical Applications of Nursing Diagnosis: Adult, Child, Women's Psychiatric, Gerontic and Home Health Considerations (Paperback)

I agree that this is a great book. It really helps me with my care plans and is easy to use. The only reason it only got 4 stars is that I HAVE seen more user friendly diagnosis books for beginning students, but for that same reason I can see this book helping me in my advanced studies down the road.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Best Friend, October 14, 2009

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Sarah Miller (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clinical Applications of Nursing Diagnosis: Adult, Child, Women's, Psychiatric, Gerontic, and Home Health Considerations (Paperback)

This book is pretty much saving my life these days. We're getting into the 'nursing process' and how all the steps of that fit together and how they look in the chart...couldn't live without this book!