Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Rationales

by Doenges, Marilynn E.; Moorhouse, Mary Frances; Murr, Alice C.

• ISBN13: 9780803611795
• ISBN10: 080361179X
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: F a Davis Co

Summary

Make sure your students use the best pocket guide to plan patient care! This handy pocket guide helps nursing students identify interventions most commonly associated with nursing diagnoses when caring for patients. It's the perfect resource for hospital and community-based settings. KEY FEATURES Alphabetical listing of new and revised nursing diagnoses through the latest NANDA conference Related risk factors, defining characteristics, desired outcomes, interventions, and documentation for each diagnosis Updated section of up to 400 Disorders/Health Problems with Associated Nursing Diagnoses that facilitates the assessment and diagnosis steps of the nursing process Nursing Interventions with selected rationales listed according to nursing priorities Sample nursing outcomes and interventions for each nursing diagnosis Documentation focus in accordance to nursing priorities Identifies desired patient outcomes/evaluation criteria

Table of Contents

How to Use the Nurse's Pocket Guide
The Nursing Process	p. 1
Application of the Nursing Process	p. 4
Putting Theory into Practice: Sample Assessment Tools, Plan of Care, and Documentation	p. 12
Nursing Diagnoses in Alphabetical Order	p. 60
Health Conditions and Client Concerns with Associated Nursing Diagnoses	p. 603
NANDA's Taxonomy II	p. 732
Definitions of Taxonomy II Axes	p. 736
Bibliography	p. 739
Index	p. 749
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