Nursing Diagnosis Handbook (12th Edition) – PDF

Get nursing care plans right! Ackley’s Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 12th Edition, (PDF) helps practicing nurses and nursing students confidently choose appropriate nursing diagnoses. This comprehensive handbook demonstrates the correlation between nursing diagnoses, client assessments, medical or psychiatric diagnoses, and treatment plans. It has been extensively revised and updated to include the new 2018-2020 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses. The handbook integrates NIC and NOC taxonomies, evidence-based nursing interventions, and considerations for adult, pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, home care, safety, and client/family teaching and discharge planning to aid students in creating personalized care plans.

• NEW! The concept map creator was added from the Yoost textbook.
• 150 NCLEX exam-style review questions available on Evolve.
• NEW! Updated rationales include evidence-based references 5 years or less.
• UNIQUE! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis
• NEW! Additional clarification of the use of QSEN throughout the ebook in Section I
• List of Nursing Diagnosis Index on inside front cover of book for quick reference.
• Appendixes provide you with valuable information in an easy-to-access location.
• Safety content emphasizes what must be considered to provide safe patient care.
• Classic evidence-based references promote evidence-based interventions and rationales.
• Alphabetical thumb tabs allow quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.
• Presents examples of and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan.
• NEW! Interventions reorganized by priority helps you quickly identify the information you seek.
• UPDATED! Provides the latest NIC/NO C, interventions, and rationales for every care plan
• Clear, concise interventions are usually only a sentence or two long and use no more than two references.
• Easy-to-follow sections I and II guide you through the nursing process and selection of appropriate nursing
• NEW! Section I: Gender identity discussion includes information about the caregiver’s responsibility for adapting care accordingly.
• Promotes evidence-based interventions and rationales by including recent or classic research that supports the use of each intervention.
• NEW! Includes comprehensive, up-to-date information on the new 2018-2020 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, complete with 17 new diagnoses.
• NEW! Section II: Bullying, Gender Dysphoria, Medical marijuana, Military families/personnel, Opioid use/abuse, Service animals, Technology addiction, and Veterans.
• Step-by-step instructions show you how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections to create a unique, individualized care plan.

ISBNs: 978-0323551120, 978-0323610940

NOTE: This sale only includes the ebook Nursing Diagnosis Handbook 12th Edition in PDF for download. No access codes are included.