Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care (Paperback)

by Betty J. Ackley MSN EdS RN (Author), Gail B. Ladwig MSN RN CHTP (Author)

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Book Description
A comprehensive, easy-to-use nursing diagnosis resource great for creating care plans

Product Description
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.

• Helps users understand how to make a nursing diagnosis and plan care using the nursing process and evidence-based nursing research.
• The practical, step-by-step format helps users make diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence.
• Integrates both NIC and NOC interventions and outcomes in each care plan.
• Features essential home care, client/family teaching, multicultural, pediatric, and geriatric considerations relevant to today's nursing students.
• Helps users easily create customized plans of care using the Ackley, Ladwig Care Plan Constructor on the Evolve website.

• This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses.
• The new alphabetical thumb tabs offer easy access to specific nursing diagnosis care plans.
• Features a helpful explanation of how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections.
• Features many enhancements to the accompanying Evolve website (see Ancillaries for details).
• Includes more detailed information about NOC and its use in nursing care planning.
• 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.
• Guide to Planning Care section now offers updated and expanded multicultural, pediatric, and evidence-based interventions/rationales.
• An appendix now includes Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, as adapted by the authors.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1152 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 7 edition (July 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323036643
• ISBN-13: 978-0323036641
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,822 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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92 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A guide to planning care, April 27, 2000

By	Amanda March (Durham, New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care (Paperback)

This book is a must have for every nurse! It is fabulous for many reasons. One, Ackley and Ladwig begin the text by a section, 112 pages long, of medical diagnosis accompanied by the most common nursing diagnosis that the pt would have. This is very helpful to get you thinking and to point out potential diagnosis to keep your eyes out for when treating a patient. Later the authors go into detail on each NANDA diagnosis. The definition, defining characteristics, related factors, and suggested outcomes are described. Next, interventions are discussed with the scientific rational in italics for very smooth and continuos reading. Interventions are subdivided into geriatrics, infants/children, as well as the average adult patient. Home care interventions are included along with client/family teaching tips - very helpful. To top it off, the authors included at the end of each diagnosis web sites for more information as well as further references. This book is compact, light weight, and includes a wealth of information helpful in any care plan. I highly recommend it.

50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, easy to follow, March 18, 2005

By	Little Greek - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care (Paperback)

I have several nursing diagnosis handbooks but this one takes the cake. I don't actually own it because I spent so much money on other books that were much less helpful. Luckily the learning lab at school owns it and I'm able to use it often. The feature that I like the most is that there is rationale given for most interventions. Rationale is always required in my care plans and many books don't provide it. It has saved me a huge amount of time because instead of searching through my med-surg books, I have the rationale right there. I also like that there are interventions specific to pediatric and geriatric patients; another feature that is lacking in other books. Lastly, the interventions that are provided are very thorough. I found that when using other books my professors would mark me off for not being specific enough. Once I began using this book I was right on target. In my opinion, if you can only afford to buy one book (and who wants more than one anyway), this is the one you should own.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best value for the money, November 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care (Paperback)

Of the five or so diagnosis handbooks that I have purchased, this one is the one that I reference the most when doing care plans and research - the least expensive too. For the money, this is the most helpful book that you will find.