Nursing Care Plans - E-Book

Master the skills you need to create customized nursing care plans! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems, Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, & Outcomes, 11th Edition features 232 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features ICNP diagnoses, highlighted QSEN competencies, and a clear differentiation of nursing and collaborative interventions. New to this edition are a full-color format, seven new care plans, and a new online care plan template that makes it easier to create care plans. The #1 care planning book is better than ever and will help you learn to think like a nurse! - NEW! Seven additional care plans cover: - Impaired Skin Integrity - Infection - Underweight - Overflow Incontinence of Urine - Eating Disorders - Brain Tumor - Pancreatic Cancer - NEW! Fully updated coverage includes the latest therapeutic interventions and rationales. - NEW! Full-color format makes this text more user-friendly and accessible. - UPDATED! Using Nursing Care Plans to Individualize and Improve Care chapter features more illustrations to help you understand the components of a care plan, as well as how to prioritize those which are most appropriate for your patients. - UPDATED! Content reflects the most current evidence-based practice and national and international clinical practice guidelines. - Care plans for 77 'clinical problems' (formerly 'nursing diagnoses') use a conceptual model organization and include the most common/important patient problems, providing the building blocks for creating your own individualized care plans. - Care plans for 155 disorders encompass virtually every common medical-surgical condition, organized by body system. - Prioritized care planning guidance internally organizes care plans from 'actual' to 'risk for' clinical problems, from general to specific interventions, and from independent to collaborative/interprofessional interventions to help you prioritize the most important, therapeutic interventions. - Care plan format for clinical problems includes a definition/explanation of the diagnosis, common etiologies, supporting data, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions. - Care plan format by disorder includes synonyms for the disorder (for ease in cross referencing), a definition, common etiologies, supporting data, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions for each relevant clinical problem. - NEW! Care plan template on the Evolve companion website gives you a starting point for creating your own plans of care.