Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions, and Rationales is the perfect tool for nurses to use in selecting the appropriate diagnosis and in planning effective patient care in hospital and community-based settings. This must-have tool delivers client-focused care planning in a clear and concise manner. Designed to aid the practitioner and student nurse in identifying interventions commonly associated with specific nursing diagnoses as proposed by NANDA International (NANDA-I).

- New and revised diagnoses from 18th NANDA Conference (2009-2010)

- 25 more disorders with appropriate nursing diagnoses

- Index containing over 400 diseases/disorders

- Organized alphabetically by diagnoses

- Coverage of Concept Mapping

- Updated information for interventions - cultural, collaborative, community / home care, diagnostic studies, pediatric/geriatric/lifespan and medications

- Actions/interventions uniquely organized by priority with selected rationales

- Defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively

- Documentation section focuses on the other steps of the nursing process, reminding you of the importance and necessity of recording each step

- Expanded content on the nursing process

- NIC and NOC labels at the end of each diagnosis

- Can be fully cross-indexed with all of Skyscape's 600+ nursing and medical references using Skyscape's SmartLink technology

This Skyscape trusted resource was created in partnership with F. A. Davis Company. Author(s): Marilynn E. Doenges, APRN, BC-retired, et al.

Content updates for 12 months and 90 days phone support (chat and email for a year) are included with your purchase.

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