By
Betty Ackley, MSN, EdS, RN, Professor Emeritus, Jackson Community College; President, The Betty Ackley LLC, Jackson, MI
Gail Ladwig, MSN, RN, CHTP, Professor Emeritus, Jackson Community College; Co-Owner and Nursing Consultant, Holistic Choices; Healing Touch Practitioner, Jackson, MI
Description
Use this convenient resource to formulate nursing diagnoses and create individualized care plans! Updated with the most recent NANDA-I
approved nursing diagnoses,
Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 9th Edition shows
you how to build customized care plans using a three-step process: assess, diagnose, and plan care. It includes suggested nursing diagnoses
for over 1,300 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states.
Authors Elizabeth Ackley and Gail Ladwig use Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) information
to guide you in creating care plans that include desired outcomes, interventions, patient teaching, and evidence-based rationales.
