Preface vi
New to this Edition vi
Features vi
Reviewers x
SECTION I: Introduction 1
Introduction 3
Background 3
Nursing Process in Relation to Nursing Diagnosis 3
Standards of Care in Relation to Nursing Diagnosis 4
Case Management and Critical Paths 4
Case Management 4
Critical Paths and Managed Care 5
Managed Care 5
Nursing Diagnosis Incorporated into Critical Path 5
Nursing Diagnosis Used to Name Variance 5
Components of Nursing Diagnosis Care Plans 6
Plans of Care (Section II) 6
Nursing Diagnosis 6
Definition 6
Defining Characteristics 6
Related Factors 7
Risk Factors 7
Suggestions for Use 7
Suggested Alternative Diagnoses 7
NOC Outcomes 7
Goals/Evaluation Criteria 8
NIC Interventions 9
Nursing Activities 9
Clinical Conditions Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems (Section III) 10
Nursing Diagnoses 11
Multidisciplinary (Collaborative) Problems 11
How to Create a Nursing Diagnosis Care Plan 12
Assessment 12
Diagnosis 13
NOC Outcomes 13
Goals/Evaluation Criteria 13
Nursing Interventions and Activities 14
Creating a Critical Path 14
Section II: Nursing Diagnoses With Outcomes and Interventions 17
Plans of Care in Alphabetical Order 19—969
Each plan of care contains the following information:
Taxonomy number
Definition
Defining Characteristics
Related Factors
Risk Factors
Suggestions for Use
Suggested Alternative Diagnoses
NOC Outcomes
Goals/Evaluation Criteria (Examples of NOC and Other)
NIC Interventions
Nursing Activities (NIC and Other)
SECTION III: Clinical Conditions Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems 971
Clinical Conditions Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems 973
Medical Conditions 974
Surgical Conditions 1009
Psychiatric Conditions 1023
Antepartum and Postpartum Conditions 1034
Newborn Conditions 1044
Pediatric Conditions 1056

Appendix A 2015—2017 NANDA International-Approved Diagnoses. Grouped by Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns 1074
Appendix B NANDA International-Approved Nursing Diagnoses (2015— 2017), Taxonomy II: Domains, Classes, and Diagnoses 1080
Appendix C Selected NANDA International Axis Descriptors 1090
Appendix D Multidisciplinary (Collaborative) Problems Associated With Diseases and Other Physiologic Disorders 1093
Appendix E Multidisciplinary (Collaborative) Problems Associated With Tests and Treatments 1103
Appendix F Multidisciplinary (Collaborative) Problems Associated With Surgical Treatments 1104
Credits 1106
Index 1107

 

• Convenient and easy to use. Intuitive organization and pocket-sized format gives nurses access to fast answers anywhere, in any care setting.
• Prepares nurses to participate in diagnoses more effectively. Introduces and explains each essential concept and technique associated with effective nursing diagnosis.
• Includes complete, easy-to-individualize plans of care for each NANDA International nursing diagnosis. Presents comprehensive care plans, allowing nurses to select specific content according to the patient’s condition and situation. Each nursing diagnosis includes related factors or risk factors that make it easy to individualize care plans to each patient’s situation.
• UPDATED: Gives nurses the newest and most authoritative information for effective diagnosis. Reflects the latest NANDA diagnoses—adding 25 new NANDA-I diagnoses for 2015-2017 and removing 7 that NANDA has declared obsolete.
• UPDATED: Prepares nurses to utilize the latest research- and evidence-based information on nursing interventions and outcomes. Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) interventions reflect the continuing work of the Iowa Interventions Project. Updated Nursing Outcome Classification (NOC) outcomes are included.
• Lists all key medical, surgical, psychiatric, perinatal, and pediatric conditions, with accompanying nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems commonly associated with those conditions. Organized to help nurses quickly begin the care planning process with either a medical condition or a nursing diagnosis.
• Provides practical suggestions for using NANDA international diagnoses. Clarifies NANDA’s nursing diagnosis labels and helps nurses use them more effectively and appropriately.
• Makes it easier for nurses to understand and use NANDA subjective or objective defining characteristics. Alphabetizes diagnostic cues and categorizes them as subjective or objective, following current NANDA practice.
• Simplifies access to assessment, teaching, and collaborative nursing activities, and helps to ensure that nurses consider each category of activity. Organizes nursing activities under these headings: Assessments, Patient/Family Teaching, Collaborative Activities, and Other.
• Helps nurses participate more effectively in multidisciplinary care teams utilizing Critical Paths. Gives nurses up-to-date information on Critical Paths, including an example format for a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Includes features to help ensure that nurses consider all key issues associated with each patient’s situation. Provides a perforated care planning checklist on the back cover to help nurses evaluate finished care plans for completeness and suitability.
• Helps nurses participate more effectively in interventions involving families, communities, and health care teams. Content on family, community, and collaborative nursing interventions and activities is included throughout the text’s Goals/Evaluation Criteria Examples section
• Prepares nurses for the reality that the majority of today’s patients are older adults, and that a growing percentage of care is provided in the home. Includes a section in each care plan for nursing activities that focus on older adults and home care issues.
• UPDATED: Gives nurses access to up-to-date sources for further exploration and deeper mastery. The bibliography for each diagnosis is thoroughly updated.

• UPDATED: Gives nurses the newest and most authoritative information for effective diagnosis. Reflects the latest NANDA diagnoses—adding 25 new NANDA-I diagnoses for 2015-2017 and removing 7 that NANDA has declared obsolete.
• UPDATED: Prepares nurses to utilize the latest research- and evidence-based information on nursing interventions and outcomes. Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) interventions reflect the continuing work of the Iowa Interventions Project. Updated Nursing Outcome Classification (NOC) outcomes are included.
• UPDATED: Gives nurses access to up-to-date sources for further exploration and deeper mastery. The bibliography for each diagnosis is thoroughly updated.