Nursing Care Plans
Author : Judith L. Myers
Published: 2021
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 10.875×8.5
<p>Get everything you need to create and customize effective nursing care plans, now with evidence-based ICNP<SUP>®</SUP> diagnoses! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems, Gulanick & Myers’ <b>Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 10th Edition</b> features more than 200 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features highlighted QSEN competencies and a clear differentiation of nursing and collaborative interventions. New to this edition are ICNP<SUP>®</SUP> diagnoses, care plans on LGBTQ health issues and on electrolytes and acid-base balance, and a new Online Care Planner that makes it easier than ever to customize care plans. Written by noted educators Meg Gulanick and Judith L. Myers, this #1 care planning book will help you learn to think like a nurse! </p><ul><b> <li>61 patient problem care plans</b> include the most common/important patient problems, providing the building blocks for you to create your own individualized care plans.</li> <li><b>164 disorder care plans</b> cover virtually every common medical-surgical condition, organized by body system.</li> <li><b>Patient problem care plan format</b> includes a definition/explanation of the diagnosis, related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions.</li> <li><b>Disorder care plan format</b> covers synonyms for the disorder (for ease in cross referencing), a definition, common related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions for each relevant nursing diagnosis.</li> <li><b>Prioritized care planning guidance</b> internally organizes care plans from "actual" to "risk" diagnoses, from general to specific interventions, and from independent to collaborative/interprofessional interventions, to help you select the most important, priority interventions for your particular patients.</li></ul><ul><b> <li>NEW! Updated care plans</b> are now based on the evidence-based, complete, and internationally accepted International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP<SUP>®</SUP>) nursing diagnoses.</li> <li><b>NEW! 19 all-new care plans</b> are featured in this edition.</li> <li><b>NEW! Updated content</b> <b>throughout</b> reflects the most current evidence-based practice and national and international guidelines.</li> <li><b>NEW! Online Care Planner on the Evolve website</b> allows you to easily generate customized care plans based on the book’s content.</li> <li><b>NEW! Improved focus on core content</b> includes several care plans that have been moved from the book’s Evolve website.</li></ul>