The nursing process, delivering quality care -- Assessment step, developing the client database -- Diagnosis or need identification step, analyzing the data -- Planning step, creating the plan of care -- Implementation step, putting the plan of care into action -- Evaluation step, determining whether desired outcomes have been met -- Documenting the nursing process -- Interactive care planning, from assessment to client response -- Appendixes: North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) nursing diagnoses with definitions, related/risk factors, and defining characteristics; NANDA taxonomy II, definitions of axes; Assessment tools; NANDA nursing diagnoses organized according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs and nursing framework, a health outcome classification for nursing diagnosis; Code for nurses; Lunney's ordinal scale for degrees of accuracy of a nursing diagnosis; Self-monitoring of accuracy using the integrated model, a guide; Clinical (critical) pathways, a sample; Common medical abbreviations; Glossary; Nursing outcomes classification; Keys to practice activities; Keys to chapter work pages.
Summary:
This text [presents] a step-by-step problem-solving design to help students develop an understanding of the meaning and language of nursing. [The authors] have included definitions and professional standards that will serve as a solid foundation for your students to understand and apply the nursing process. The vignettes, practice activities, work pages, and case studies provide an opportunity to examine and scrutinize client situations and dilemmas in practice, consider alternatives, and evaluate outcomes.-Notes to the educator.
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