Nursing Care Plans: Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention (Nursing Care Plans)
by Meg Gulanick
from Mosby
Nursing Care Plans, 6th Edition is the most comprehensive nursing care planning book on the market, with 183 care plans covering the most common nursing diagnoses and clinical problems in medical-surgical nursing. It reflects the most current clinical practice and professional standards in nursing and presents the content in an easy-to-use, reader-friendly format. The book functions as two books in one, with one section including a collection of nursing diagnosis care plans and the other providing a library of disease/disorder care plans that serve as models of care planning for the most common medical diagnoses, medical procedures, and psychosocial conditions seen in nursing practice.
- Includes the most extensive array of care plans found in any nursing care planning book, with 62 nursing diagnosis care plans and 121 disease/disorder/procedure care plans, for a total of 183.
- The nursing diagnosis care plan format includes a NANDA definition, a brief explanation of the diagnosis, related NOC outcomes and NIC interventions, related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions.
- The disorders care plan format includes synonyms for the disorder (for ease in cross referencing), a clear and succinct definition of the disorder, related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, NIC interventions and NOC outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions for each relevant nursing diagnosis.
- Eye-catching icons distinguish collaborative from independent interventions.
- Covers adult lifespan issues and issues related to various healthcare settings to equip nurses for a broad range of practice settings, from hospital to home.
- Provides an alphabetical list of NANDA diagnoses inside the front cover.
- Includes new disease/disorder care plans for SARS, Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and obstructive sleep apnea.
- Includes new nursing diagnosis care plans for risk for falls, latex allergy response, nausea, and impaired memory.
- A revised care plan format makes this user-friendly reference even easier to use.
- Updated and expanded rationales throughout reflect the latest clinical evidence and clinical practice guidelines.
- Incorporates the 2005-2006 NANDA nursing diagnoses throughout.
- NIC and NOC classifications reflect the latest editions of Nursing Interventions Classification and Nursing Outcomes Classification.
- Sample care plan clips in Chapter 1 help orient the user to the rest of the book.
- The expanded index includes entries for all nursing diagnoses, medical diagnoses, and synonyms for the medical diagnoses.
- An expanded Evolve website now features 18 Bonus Care Plans.
- The revised Online Care Plan Constructor includes the four new nursing diagnosis care plans and offers enhanced functionality, allowing users to save created care plans and export them to their word processing program.
Nursing Care Plans: Guidelines for Individualizing Client Care Across the Life Span
by Marilynn E. Doenges
from F. A. Davis Company
Help your students save valuable time -- make sure they use the best care planning book available! Extensively revised and updated throughout with the latest NANDA, NIC and NOC content, Nursing Care Plans Across the Life Span, 7th edition, also addresses the most recent advances in diagnostic testing and pharmacological therapies.
12-Lead Ecg: The Art of Interpretation
by Thomas B. Garcia
from Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Designed to bring you from your current level of knowledge to a fully advanced ECG interpreter, this book features 200+ full-size, real- life ECGs accompanied by thorough explanations and analyses. Presented in a clear and casual writing style, the book's leveled approach takes a complex subject and makes it simple. Whether you are an EMT, nurse, medical student, or physician wanting to learn or brush up on your knowledge of electrocardiography, this text will meet your needs. Containing more than 200 ECG strips, 12-Lead ECG is designed to be accessed by three different levels of readers--beginner, intermediate, and advanced--and is designed to grow with you as your knowledge of electrocardiography progresses. The text has been created to be continuously useful during your development and is intended to be read and reread as you advance in your knowledge and comfort level with the material. By rereading the material at increasingly advanced levels, you will get more out of the material and retain it with greater use.
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans (All-In-One Care Planning Resource: Med-Surg, Peds, Maternity, & Psychiatric Nursing)
by Pamela L. Swearingen
from Mosby
Unlike any other care plan book on the market, this resource contains selected care plans for pediatric, maternity, and psychiatric nursing in addition to medical-surgical nursing care plans for adult care. This is the only care planning resource that allows you to use one book throughout your nursing curriculum. Color-coded medical-surgical, maternity, pediatric, and psychiatric sections help you quickly find each content area while giving the book a full-color look and feel.
- Clinical experts update each subject area to ensure the most current, accurate, and clinically relevant content available.
- Each care plan employs a consistent format of Overview/Pathophysiology, Health Care Setting, Assessment, Diagnostic Tests, Nursing Diagnoses, Desired Outcomes, Interventions with Rationales, and Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning.
- An open and attractive two-color design facilitates quick and easy retrieval of information.
- Nursing interventions and rationales are listed in a clear two-column format to make the information more accessible.
- Related NIC intervention and NOC outcome labels are listed for each nursing diagnosis.
- The Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning section highlights key patient education topics and list resources for further information.
- Health Care Setting is specified for each care plan, since different conditions are treated in various settings such as hospital, primary care, long-term care facility, community, and home care.
- Outcome criteria with specific timelines enable nurses to set realistic goals for nursing outcomes and provide quality, cost-effective care.
- Detailed rationales for each nursing intervention help you to apply concepts to clinical practice.
- Includes the most recent NANDA Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses.
- Separate care plans on Pain and Palliative and End-of-Life Care focus on palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses, as well as relief of acute and chronic pain.
- A new "Overview/Pathophysiology" heading helps you easily locate this key content.
- Nursing diagnoses listed in order of importance/physiologic need helps you learn about prioritization.
- All content has been thoroughly updated to cover the latest clinical developments, including the most recent JNC7 hypertension guidelines, the latest breast cancer screening and treatment information, revised cholesterol parameters, new drug therapies, and much more.
- Patient teaching content and abbreviations have been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest JCAHO guidelines.
- Expanded and clarified rationales help you understand each intervention more clearly.
Introduction to 12-Lead Ecg: The Art of Interpretation (Garcia, Introduction to 12-Lead ECG)
by Tomas B. Garcia
from Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Healing Touch: A Guide Book for Practitioners, 2nd Edition (Healer Series)
by Dorothea Hover-Kramer
from Delmar Cengage Learning
Healing Touch is a practical guide for those interesting in training in the healing arts. The essentials of energy healing are examined through relevant theoretical and research information and case studies and reference practically reinforce material. Covers general course curriculum, the credentialing process and practical step-by-step guides to basic techniques. Includes a glossary, links to outside resources and sample client consent and intake forms. · User-friendly · New chapter on theory of energy healing cites recent discoveries · Emphasizes self-care of the practitioner
The Clinical Practice of Neurological & Neurosurgical Nursing
by Joanne V Hickey
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul: Second Dose: More Stories to Honor and Inspire Nurses (Chicken Soup)
by Jack Canfield
from HCI
Nearly one million people have been touched by the stories in the first edition of Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul. Now this second edition ministers to millionsmore!
Most people don't become nurses because of the pay, working conditions, or the convenient hours. Men and women become nurses because they want to make a difference in the lives of others through the use of their compassionate skills and hard work. Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul, Second Dose, underscores why nurses enter the profession . . . and why they stay.
This collection of true stories encourages, uplifts, and honors nurses; reenergizing them with hope, health, and healing during challenging times. Through laughter and tears, nurses share their memories and tales, inspiring and honoring one another as they continue their journey. You will be moved by the heartwarming revelations of nurses who have just started out in the field, as well as by veteran nurses who share their experiences of making a difference in the lives of their patients.Anatomy and Pathology: The World's Best Anatomical Charts (The World's Best Anatomical Chart Series)
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness (6th Edition)
by Rachel E. Spector
from Prentice Hall
The sixth edition of this best-selling resource continues to teach nursing, health professions, medical and social science readers the importance of cultural competence and cultural awareness in the health care industry. The new edition will include revised organization to create a better flow of content, new content on gererational differences, updated chapter on health care delivery system, updated illustrations and tables and MediaLink icons. For undergraduate and graduate courses in patient care and basic health related profession programs, as well as medical, social work, and other health disciplines.
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