Ackley & Ladwig's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis

<p>**Selected for Doody's Core Titles(R) 2024 in Diagnosis/Assessment** <p>Use this pocket-sized guide to make nursing diagnoses and formulate care plans! Ackley and Ladwig's<i> Guide to Nursing Diagnosis, 7th Edition </i>provides quick access to more than 1300 specific client symptoms and a logical, step-by-step guide to care planning. A condensed version of Ackley and Ladwig's <i>Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, </i>this guide is updated with the 2021-2023 NANDA-I(R) approved nursing diagnoses. Care plans<b> </b>are suggested for each diagnosis, including interventions, desired outcomes, and patient teaching. From nursing educators Marina Reyna Martinez-Kratz and Mary Beth Flynn Makic, this reference is ideal for use in in class, clinicals, or at the bedside!</p><ul><li><b>Section I: Guide to Nursing Diagnoses </b>includes an alphabetical listing of client symptoms, client problems, medical diagnoses, psychosocial diagnoses, and clinical states, along with suggested 2021-2023 NANDA-I(R) approved nursing diagnoses, allowing you to evaluate and select an appropriate diagnosis for the client.</li><li><b>Section II: Guide to Planning Care</b> includes care plans for all 2021-2023 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, including evidence-based, independent, collaborative, geriatric, pediatric, home care, and culturally competent interventions, as well as client/family teaching and discharge planning.</li><li><b>Pocket-size portability</b> makes this book easy to carry and use in in class, clinicals, or at the bedside.</li><li><b>Alphabetical thumb tabs </b>provide quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.</li><li><b>Index of NANDA-I Diagnoses </b>is included on the inside front and back covers.</li></ul><ul><b></b> <li><b>NEW and UNIQUE!</b> <b>2021-2023 NANDA-I(R) approved nursing diagnoses</b> are updated with new and revised diagnoses.</li> <li><b>NEW! Updated nursing diagnoses</b> include class and domain information consistent with the current NANDA-I.</li></ul>