Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis - Softcover

Ackley MSN EdS RN, Betty J.; Ladwig MSN RN, Gail B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323036651 ISBN 13: 9780323036658

Publisher: Mosby, 2005

Synopsis

This portable reference is designed to help practicing nurses and nursing students make a nursing diagnosis and write a care plan with ease and confidence. Its quick-access format allows the user to quickly find the information needed while in clinics, class, or at the patient's bedside.

• Up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses.
• Includes suggested nursing diagnoses and page references for over 1200 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states.
• Includes care plans for all nursing diagnoses suggested in Section I, including evidence-based, independent, collaborative, geriatric, multicultural, pediatric, and home care interventions.
• Provides care plans for every NANDA-approved nursing diagnosis.
• Allows quick access to information with alphabetical organization.
• Includes geriatric, multicultural, pediatric, and home care interventions as necessary for plans of care.
• Smaller trim size makes this book easy to carry and use in a clinical setting.

About this title

Book Description:

A pocket-size reference to help nurses make a nursing diagnosis and write a care plan

About the Author:

Gail B. Ladwig, MSN, CHTP, HNC, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Jackson Community College; Healing Touch Practitioner, Jackson, Michigan; and Betty J. Ackley, MSN, EdS, RN, Professor of Nursing, Jackson Community College, Jackson, Michigan; Staff Nurse, Stepdown Cardiac Care, W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Michigan

About this edition

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0323036651
• ISBN 13: 9780323036658
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 960