F.A. Davis Company

This pocket size portable reference is the perfect tool for you to use to select the appropriate diagnosis to plan your patient’s care effectively. The 12th Edition features the latest nursing diagnoses and updated interventions. And, Davis’s Nursing Diagnosis and Care Planning Resource Center online features a searchable database with 800 diagnoses plus a wealth of clinical tools and valuable information.

• Actions/interventions uniquely organized by priority with selected rationales.
• Icons within the prioritized interventions for cultural • collaborative • community/home care • diagnostic studies • pediatric/geriatric/lifespan • medications.
• Defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively.
• Documentation section focuses on the other steps of the nursing process, reminding you of the importance and necessity of recording each step.
• NIC and NOC labels at the end of each diagnosis.
• Index with over 400 diseases/disorders with prioritized associated nursing diagnoses.

How to Use this Nurse’s Pocket Guide

1. The Nursing Process
2. Application of the Nursing Process
3. Putting Theory into Practice: Sample Assessment Tools, Plan of Care, Mind Mapping, and Documentation
• Assessment Tools for Choosing Nursing Diagnosis
• Diagnostic Divisions: Nursing Diagnoses Organized According to a Nursing Focus
• Client Situation and Prototype Plan of Care
• Documentation Techniques: SOAP and Focus Charting®
4. Nursing Diagnosis in Alphabetical Order
5. Health Conditions and Client Concerns with Associated Nursing Diagnoses

Appendices
1. NANDA’s Taxonomy
2. Definitions of Taxonomy II Axes

• New and revised diagnoses from the 18th NANDA Conference (2009-2010).
• Additional interventions, updated with the most current information.
• 25 more disorders with appropriate nursing diagnoses.
• Updated Diagnostic Divisions.
• More resources online at the Davis’s Nursing Diagnosis and Care Planning Resource Center.