Empower your nursing practice and create individualized care plans with confidence using the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 13th Edition, an evidence-based guide meticulously designed to streamline client assessment, nursing diagnosis, and care planning. Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with the prestigious “Essential Purchase” designation in Diagnosis/Assessment, this handbook, authored by esteemed nursing educators Mary Beth Flynn Makic and Marina Reyna Martinez-Kratz, stands as your comprehensive resource for crafting effective and patient-centered nursing care plans.
This essential nursing diagnosis handbook employs a user-friendly, three-step system, guiding you seamlessly through the complexities of client evaluation, accurate nursing diagnosis, and the development of tailored care strategies. Master the art of diagnostic reasoning and sharpen your critical thinking skills with step-by-step instructions that illuminate the implementation of care and the evaluation of patient outcomes.
Within this indispensable guide, easily navigate over 1450 client symptoms to pinpoint precise nursing diagnoses and access meticulously crafted care plans. Leverage the integration of NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification) interventions and NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classification) outcomes to enrich your care plans and ensure evidence-based practice.
Key Features for Enhanced Care Planning:
- Simplified Nursing Process: Sections I and II provide a clear pathway through the nursing process, ensuring a logical and effective approach to selecting the most appropriate nursing diagnoses.
- Step-by-Step Guidance: The Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections offer clear, actionable instructions, empowering you to create unique and individualized care plans with ease.
- Comprehensive Care Plans: Access ready-to-use care plans for every NANDA-International© (NANDA-I©) approved nursing diagnosis, saving you time and ensuring best practice.
- Robust Evidence Base: Interventions and rationales are grounded in solid research studies and references, reinforcing the evidence-based nature of your practice.
- NIC/NOC Integration: Each care plan includes examples and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes, facilitating standardized and measurable care.
- Emphasis on Quality and Safety: Prioritize patient safety with dedicated content highlighting key considerations for safe care, incorporating QSEN competencies in Section I.
- Diverse Patient Populations: Address the unique needs of diverse populations with integrated pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, and home care interventions, where relevant to the care plan.
- Quick and Easy Navigation: Find information rapidly with the Index of NANDA-I© Diagnoses on the inside back cover and alphabetical thumb tabs for swift access to symptoms and diagnoses.
- Valuable Online Resources: Enhance your learning with the Evolve website, featuring a care plan template, insightful case studies, and review questions to solidify your understanding.
- Up-to-Date Content: Rest assured you are using the most current information with content updated to reflect the 2021-2023 NANDA-I© approved nursing diagnoses, including new, revised, and retired diagnoses, and incorporating class and domain information for consistency.
The Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 13th Edition is your definitive resource for mastering nursing diagnosis and care planning, ensuring you deliver the highest quality, evidence-based care to your patients. Invest in your practice and elevate your care planning skills with this indispensable handbook.
