Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis by Gail B. Ladwig, Betty J. Ackley

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This convenient, portable resource features much of the content from Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 8th Edition in a concise, take-anywhere format. Perfect for use in clinicals, in class, and at the bedside, Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis is logically organized for quick access to essential care planning information and guidelines.

• Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.
• A convenient A-to-Z organization helps you quickly locate key information.
• Includes complete coverage of pediatric, geriatric, and multicultural considerations, as well as home care and client/family teaching guidelines for each condition.
• Portable format makes it easy to carry and use while in clinicals, in class, or at the bedside.

• Features the most up-to-date 2007-2008 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, including 15 new, 20 revised, and 5 replacement diagnoses.
• Patient/Family Teaching sections offer expanded wellness and health promotion information.
• Clustered wellness nursing diagnoses are quick and easy to locate.

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Reviewer:Carole A. Kenner, RNC, DNS, FAAN (University of Oklahoma College of Nursing)
Description:This is a quick reference to nursing diagnoses and care plan guides. The first edition was published in 2006.
Purpose:It is intended as a portable resource for nursing diagnoses and planning care.
Audience:This guide is perfect for practicing nurses and students. The authors are credible authorities in planning care.
Features:The book starts with a comprehensive list of nursing diagnoses and then moves into a guide for planning care. It uses color-coded, alphabetized, right handed indexes, making the sections easy to locate. The second section follows the format of the nursing diagnosis, definition, defining characteristics, related factors, client outcomes, nursing interventions, special considerations for pediatric or geriatric clients, then implications for home care, and finally client/family teaching. Two symbols are used to indicate whether the intervention is independent or collaborative, helping guide nurses with care planning.
Assessment:There are many nursing diagnosis books on the market. For example, Carpenito-Moyet's Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice, 12th edition (Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 2008) , focuses on application to clinical practice and is comprehensive, but too big to easily carry to clinical. This guide is a companion to the authors' larger Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 8th edition (Elsevier, 2008) . This second edition presents the most current NANDA approved diagnoses. The book ishigh quality and very user-friendly.

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