All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric-Mental Health

 

Preface

All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource is a one-of-a-kind
book featuring nursing care plans for all four core clinical
areas. The inclusion of pediatric, maternity, and psychiatric-
mental health nursing in addition to medical-surgical nursing
care plans enables students to use one book throughout the
entire nursing curriculum. This unique presentation—
combined with solid content, an open and accessible format,
and clinically relevant features—makes this a must-have care
plans book for nursing students.

 

ORGANIZATION  

 This book is organized into four separate sections for medical-
surgical, pediatric, maternal, and psychiatric-mental health
care plans. Within each section, care plans are listed alpha-
betically by disorder or condition (the medical-surgical nursing
care plans are organized alphabetically within each body
system). General information that applies to more than one
disorder can be found in the General Care Plans section, where
nursing diagnoses and interventions for perioperative care,
pain, prolonged bedrest, cancer care, psychosocial support for
patients, psychosocial support for the patient’s family and sig-
nificant others, older adult care, and palliative/end-of-life care
are discussed.
Each disorder uses the following consistent format:
• Overview/Pathophysiology, which includes a synopsis
of the disorder and its pathophysiology, where
appropriate
• Health Care Setting, such as hospital, primary, com-
munity, or long-term care
• Assessment, covering signs and symptoms and physical
assessment
• Diagnostic Tests
• Nursing Diagnoses with Desired Outcomes
• Assessment/Interventions and Rationales in a clear,
two-column format
• Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning
This book is organized to provide the most important infor-
mation related to various disorders. By providing a consistent
format for each disorder, key information that a nurse needs
to know is fully covered. For example, the rationales given for
the interventions are supported by supplemental information
provided in the “Overview/Pathophysiology” and “Assess-
ment” sections

 

 FEATURES

The care plans in this book were written by clinical experts
in each subject area to ensure the most current and accurate
information. In addition to reliable content, the book offers
the following special features:
• A consistent, easy-to-use format facilitates quick and
easy retrieval of information.
• The Health Care Setting is specified for each care plan,
because these conditions are treated in various settings
such as hospital, primary care, long-term care facility,
community, and home care.
• Outcome criteria with specific timelines assist in
setting realistic goals for nursing outcomes and provid-
ing quality, cost-effective care.
• Detailed, specific rationales for each nursing interven-
tion apply concepts to clinical practice.
• The Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning
section highlights key patient education topics, as well
as resources for further information.
• The newest NANDA-International nursing diagnoses
are included in each care plan.
• Separate care plans on Pain and End-of-Life Care focus
on palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses, as
well as relief of acute and chronic pain.
• Current care and patient safety standards and clinical
practice guidelines in nursing and other health care
disciplines are incorporated throughout the interven-
tions and rationales.
• Infection prevention and control guidelines from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are
included in the appendix.
• Normal laboratory values for adults are listed in
Appendix B, including separate tables for Complete
Blood Count; Serum, Plasma, and Whole Blood Chem-
istry; and Urine Chemistry. Normal laboratory values
for pediatric patients are included in Appendix C.
New to this edition are:
• A special index that lists all the nursing diagnoses used
in this book along with their descriptive data and page
numbers.
• Safety alert icons that alert nurses to interventions that
necessitate special attention and care.
• Complimentary and Alternative Therapies icons that
alert nurses to supplements that patients may be using
and how they can interact with conventional
medication.
• Canadian Resources icons that alert Canadian nurses
to especially relevant references and journals.
• A new care plan for Normal Labor and Birth.
This book was carefully prepared to meet the needs of
today’s busy nursing student. We welcome comments on how
we can enhance its usefulness in subsequent editions.

 

 

 

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