Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis E-Book: Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis E-Book

by Gail B. Ladwig MSN, RN, Betty J. Ackley MSN, EdS, RN, Mary Beth Flynn Makic PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN, FAAN, FNAP, FCNS

Overview

Portable and easy-to-use, Mosby’s Guide to Nursing Diagnosis, 6^th Edition is ideal for use in clinicals, in class, and at the bedside! This pocket-sized reference book is a condensed version Ackley’s Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 12th Edition that helps you diagnose and formulate care plans with confidence and ease. Using a quick-access format, it includes the 2018-20 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses based on more than 1,300 specific symptoms and a step-by-step guide to creating care plans, featuring desired outcomes, interventions, and patient teaching. Plus, alphabetic thumb tabs allow for quick and easy access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.

• UNIQUE! Includes care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis, including pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, home care, safety, and client/family teaching and discharge planning interventions.
• Alphabetical thumb tabs provides your students with quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses.
• Pocketsize portability makes this book easy to carry and use in clinicals, in class, or at the bedside.
• Nursing Diagnoses Index on the inside front and back cover.

• NEW! UNIQUE! 2018-2020 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses complete with 16 new diagnoses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323594455
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	04/16/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	960
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Mary Beth Flynn Makic has more than 30 years of critical care experience in research, evidence-based practice, and clinical education. She is a Professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and Program Director for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist graduate
program. She is also a Research Scientist at a Level I trauma center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Makic
achieved her BSN from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She completed her Masters of Science at the University of Maryland at Baltimore with a focus on trauma patient populations and the advanced practice role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her PhD was conferred in 2007 by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado. She is active locally and nationally in several professional organizations. She recently served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. She also serves on the editorial board of several critical care journals, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and is a successor co-author of two Elsevier books on nursing diagnosis. Dr. Makic is well known for her passion for improving patient outcomes and nursing practice through evidence-based practice.

Table of Contents

Section I: Guide to Nursing Diagnoses   
Section II: Guide to Planning Care