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Updated with NANDA-I 2012-2014 Diagnoses

Here’s the 4th Edition of the resource you’ll turn to again and again to select the appropriate diagnosis and to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 800 diseases and disorders. A new, streamlined design makes reference easier than ever.

Only in the Doenges’ Manual will you find for each diagnosis…defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively • sample clinical applications to ensure you have selected the appropriate diagnoses • prioritized action/interventions with rationales • a documentation section, and much more!

And, Davis’s Nursing Diagnosis and Care Planning Resource Center online features a searchable database of over 800 diagnoses, plus a wealth of clinical tools and valuable information.

• Assessment tools to help you select the appropriate diagnosis.
• Alphabetized monographs for more than 800 diseases and disorders reflecting all specialty areas.
• Associated nursing diagnoses that are presented by priority and written as client problem/need statements.
• NIC and NOC linkages with each diagnosis.
• Unique presentation of action/invention by priority…with icons for cultural • collaborative • diagnostic studies • medications • community/home health • pediatric/geriatric/lifespan.
• Documentation section that emphasizes the importance of what and why.

1. The Nursing Process: The Foundation of Quality Client Care
2. The Language of Nursing: NANDA, NIC, NOC, and Other Nursing Languages
3. The Assessment Process: Developing the Client Database
4. Concept Mapping to Create and Document the Plan of Care
5. Nursing Diagnoses in Alphabetical Order
6. Health Conditions and Client Concerns with Associated Nursing Diagnoses

Appendix
Definitions of Taxonomy II Axes

• New and revised diagnoses from the 19th NANDA Conference (2012-2014).
• NEW! NANDA Taxonomy information that defines the domain in which the nursing diagnosis belongs, along with the date the nursing diagnosis was approved or revised.
• NEW! Pediatric considerations in the monographs, where appropriate.
• Additional interventions updated with the most current information.
• Updated and expanded references to support evidence-based care.
• Nursing diagnoses organized by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs on last page.
• NEW! Streamlined design that makes reference quicker and easier.
• New disorders added to Online Disorder Lookup in Davis’s Nursing Resource Center.