Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual

Added features include community-based care plans, integrating care plans and critical pathways, and updates that reflect the most recent NANDA conference. The appendix listing nursing diagnoses for hundreds of disorders has also been updated. Contents are organized in lifestyle sections containing alphabetically organized entries. For each nursing diagnosis, readers learn the definition, assessment criteria, defining characteristics, associated medical diagnoses, expected outcomes, interventions and rationales, documentation guidelines, and evaluation criteria.