Doenges, Marilynn E. : Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Moorhouse, Mary Frances : TNT-RN Enterprises, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Geissler-Murr, Alice C. : Nurse Consultant, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Summary
Why do more students buy this care plan book? Because it saves valuable time and is the easiest to use!
KEY FEATURES :
New and revised nursing diagnoses through the 2000 NANDA conference
Critical thinking emphasized throughout, promoting thoughtful decision making and better individualization
of care
A variety of care maps illustrate the use of clinical pathways and differentiate them from care plans
Variations for the community and home care settings reflect today's health care environment
All nursing interventions include corresponding scientific rationales, and DRGs are identified with projected
length of stay
Documentation requirements of government regulations and third-party payers and the latest JCAHO and ANA standards
are included
Care plans list the potential complications (related concerns) associated with various conditions
Updated information on herbals and their interactions with prescription and OTC medications
Table of Contents
1. Issues and Trends in Medical/Surgical Nursing
2. The Nursing Process: Planning Care with Nursing Diagnoses
3. Critical Thinking: Adaptation of Theory to Practice
4. Cardiovascular
5. Respiratory
6. Neurological/Sensory Disorders
7. Gastrointestinal Disorders
8. Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
9. Diseases of the Blood/Blood-Forming Organs
10. Renal and Urinary Tract
11. Women's Reproductive
12. Orthopedic
13. Integumentary
14. Systemic Infections and Immunological Disorders
15. General
