Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes (8th Edition) – eBooks

The bestselling nursing care planning book on the market, Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 8th Edition, (ePub/PDF) covers the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems seen in adults. It includes more than 200 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence and best practice guidelines. NEW to this edition are thirteen new care plans and 2 new chapters including care plans that address health promotion and risk factor management along with basic nursing concepts that apply to multiple body systems. Written by expert nursing educators Judith Myers and Meg Gulanick, this reference functions as 2 books in 1, with 147 disorder-specific and health management nursing care plans and 70 nursing diagnosis care plans to use as starting points in creating individualized care plans.

• 217 care plans — more than in any other nursing care planning book.
• Icons differentiate independent and collaborative nursing interventions.
• Enhanced rationales include explanations for nursing interventions to help you better understand what a nurse does and why.
• NEW Basic Nursing Concepts Care Plans chapter focuses on concepts that apply to disorders found in multiple body systems.
• 147 disorders and health promotion care plans cover virtually every common medical-surgical condition, organized by body system.
• 3 NEW nursing diagnosis care plans include Risk for Unstable Blood Glucose Level, Risk for Electrolyte Imbalance, and Risk for Bleeding.
• The latest NANDA-I taxonomy keeps you current with 2012-2014 NANDA-I nursing diagnoses, related factors, and defining characteristics.
• UPDATED care plans ensure consistency with the latest U.S. National Patient Safety Goals and other evidence-based national treatment guidelines.
• Nursing student resources on the Evolve companion website include 36 of the ebook’s care plans ― 5 nursing diagnosis care plans and 31 disorders care plans.
• NEW Health Promotion and Risk Factor Management Care Plans chapter emphasizes the importance of preventive care and teaching for self-management.
• 4 NEW disorders care plans include Surgical Experience: Preoperative and Postoperative Care, Bariatric Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation, and Gastroenteritis.
• Prioritized care planning guidance organizes care plans from actual to risk diagnoses, from general to specific interventions, and from independent to collaborative interventions.
• 70 nursing diagnosis care plans include the most common/important NANDA-I nursing diagnoses, providing the building blocks for you to create your own individualized care plans for your own patients.
• Nursing diagnosis care plans format includes a definition and explanation of the diagnosis, related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, related NOC outcomes, and NIC interventions, ongoing assessment, therapeutic interventions, and education/continuity of care.
• Disorders care plans format includes synonyms for the disorder (for easier cross-referencing), an explanation of the diagnosis, common related factors, defining characteristics, NOC outcomes, expected outcomes, and NIC interventions, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions.
• 6 NEW health promotion/risk factor management care plans include Readiness for Engaging in a Regular Physical Activity Program, Readiness for Enhanced Nutrition, Readiness for Smoking Cessation, Readiness for Managing Stress, Readiness for Enhanced Sleep, and Readiness for Weight Management.

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NOTE: This sale only includes Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes 8e in original ePub and converted PDF. No access codes included.