Main description:

The perfect pocket guide makes care planning easier.
This quick-reference tool has exactly what you need to select the appropriate diagnosis to plan your patients' care effectively. The 16th Edition features all the latest nursing diagnoses and updated interventions from NANDA-I 2021-2023.

Alphabetized listing of nursing diagnoses from NANDA-I 2021-2023, covering more than 400 diseases/disorders.
Actions/interventions uniquely organized by priority with selected rationales.
Icons within the prioritized interventions for acute care, collaboration, community/home care/cultural considerations, diagnostic studies, medications, and lifespan considerations.
NIC and NOC labels at the end of each diagnosis.
Defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively.
Documentation section that focuses on the other steps of the nursing process, reminding students of the importance and necessity of recording each step.
Index with hundreds of diseases/disorders with prioritized associated nursing diagnoses.
Detachable, laminated, pocket-minder bookmark on the inside back cover.

New & Updated! The latest diagnoses and updated interventions from NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification 2021-2023, 12th Edition, including 46 new diagnoses and 67 revised diagnoses, the most current NANDA-I terminology, and labels from NIC and NOC that link content to nursing diagnosis, and statistic data.
Revised! Streamlined preface that focuses on how to use the book.

Contents:

How to Use this Nurse's Pocket Guide
1. The Nursing Process and Planning Client Care
2. Nursing Diagnoses in Alphabetical Order
For each nursing diagnosis, the following information is provided:
Diagnostic Division
Definition
Related/Risk Factors, Defining Characteristics: Subjective/Objective
Desired Outcomes/Evaluation Criteria
Actions/Interventions
Nursing Priorities
Documentation Focus
Sample Nursing Outcomes & Nursing Interventions Classifications (NOC/NIC)
3. Health Conditions and Client Concerns with Associated Nursing Diagnoses
Appendices
Tools for Choosing Nursing Diagnoses
Client Situation and Prototype Plan of Care
Index