Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care 12th Edition

Step-by-step instructions shows you how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections to create a unique, individualized plan of care.
UNIQUE! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis
Promotes evidence-based interventions and rationales by including recent or classic research that supports the use of each intervention.
Presents examples of and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan.
150 NCLEX exam-style review questions are available on Evolve.
Easy-to-follow sections I and II guide you through the nursing process and selection of appropriate nursing
Appendixes provide you with valuable information in an easy-to-access location.
Clear, concise interventions are usually only a sentence or two long and use no more than two references.
Safety content emphasizes what must be considered to provide safe patient care.
Classic evidence-based references promote evidence-based interventions and rationales.
List of Nursing Diagnosis Index on inside front cover of book for quick reference.
Alphabetical thumb tabs allow quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.

NEW! Includes comprehensive, up-to-date information on the new 2018-2020 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, complete with 17 new diagnoses.
NEW! and UPDATED! Provides the latest NIC/NO C, interventions, and rationales for every care plan
NEW! Section I: Gender identity discussion includes information about the caregiver’s responsibility for adapting care accordingly.
NEW! Interventions reorganized by priority helps you quickly identify the information you’re searching for.
NEW! Section II: Bullying, Gender Dysphoria, Medical marijuana, Military families/personnel, Opioid use/abuse, Service animals, Technology addiction, and Veterans.
NEW! Additional clarification of use of QSEN throughout book in Section I
NEW! Concept map creator added from Yoost textbook.
NEW! Updated rationales include evidence-based references 5 years or less.