Nursing Care Plans: Individualizing Client Care Across the Life Span, 10th Edition is a comprehensive, all-in-one resource designed to provide the step-by-step guidance necessary for developing individualized plans of care. This essential text helps nursing students and professionals hone their critical-thinking and analytical skills through approximately 160 detailed care plans. These plans span a wide range of medical conditions across acute, community, and home-care settings throughout the entire life span.
Each care plan in this edition is meticulously structured to include:
- Client Assessment Database: Specific to each medical condition to ensure thorough clinical evaluation.
- Prioritized Nursing Diagnoses: Complete listings organized by priority to streamline care delivery.
- Diagnostic Studies: Detailed explanations of the reasons for specific tests and the clinical significance of their results.
- Actions and Interventions: Comprehensive nursing actions paired with clear, evidence-based rationales and citations.
- Standardized Terminology: Integration of the most recent NANDA-I (2018-20), NIC, and NOC guidelines.
This tenth edition also features an index of nursing diagnoses and their associated disorders, facilitating quick reference in fast-paced clinical environments. It remains a definitive guide for individualizing client care and ensuring high-quality outcomes.
Book Specifications:
- Title: Nursing Care Plans: Individualizing Client Care Across the Life Span
- Author: Marilynn E. Doenges, APRN, BC
- Edition: Tenth Edition
- Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
- Publication Date: January 8, 2019
- ISBN-10: 803660863
- ISBN-13: 978-0803660861