Identify interventions to plan, individualize, and document care.

Here’s the resource you’ll turn to again and again to select the appropriate diagnosis and to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 800 diseases and disorders across the lifespan. 

Only in the Nursing Diagnosis Manual will you find for each diagnosis…defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively • sample clinical applications to ensure you have selected the • appropriate diagnoses • prioritized action/interventions with rationales • a documentation section, and much more! 

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• New & Updated! Completely up to date with diagnoses from NANDA-I 2024-2026 and ICNP (International Classification for Nursing Practice) 2022 
• New! Each diagnosis updated to incorporate NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) terminology, including “Recognize Clues,” “Generate Solutions,” “Take Actions,” and “Evaluation,” reinforcing the connection between identifying problems and determining their solutions. 
• Alphabetized monographs featuring 174 of the most commonly used NANDA and ICNP nursing diagnoses in the clinical learning environment 
• Associated actions/interventions that are presented by priority and written as client problem/need statements with rationales
• NIC and NOC linkages with each diagnosis
• Assessment tools to help you select the appropriate diagnosis
• Unique presentation of action/invention by priority with rationales…with icons to indicate acute care • cultural • collaborative • diagnostic studies • evidence-based practice • medications • community/home health • pediatric/geriatric/lifespan
• Documentation section that emphasizes the importance of what and why
• Taxonomy information that defines the domain in which the nursing diagnosis belongs
• Pediatric considerations in the monographs, where appropriate
• References to support evidenced-based practice