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cover image - Nursing Care Plans - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource,11th Edition
ISBN: 9780443124563
Copyright: 2026
Page Count: 1008
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $62.99

Nursing Care Plans - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Meg Gulanick, PhD, RN, FAAN, Judith L. Myers, MSN, RN and Collin Bowman-Woodall, MSN, RN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Nursing Care Plans - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource,11th Edition
ISBN: 9780443124563
Copyright: 2026
Page Count: 1008
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $62.99
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Provide your students with the building blocks they need to create customized nursing care plans! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems, Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, & Outcomes, 11th Edition features 232 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features ICNP diagnoses, highlighted QSEN competencies, and a clear differentiation of nursing and collaborative interventions. New to this edition are a full-color format, seven new care plans, and a new online care plan template that makes it easier to create care plans. The #1 care planning book is better than ever and will help students learn to think like nurses!
    • NEW! Seven additional care plans cover:
      • Impaired Skin Integrity
      • Infection
      • Underweight
      • Overflow Incontinence of Urine
      • Eating Disorders
      • Brain Tumor
      • Pancreatic Cancer
    • NEW! Full-color format makes this text more user-friendly and accessible.
    • NEW! Fully updated coverage includes the latest therapeutic interventions and rationales.
    • UPDATED! Using Nursing Care Plans to Individualize and Improve Care chapter features more illustrations to help students understand the components of a care plan, as well as how to prioritize those which are most appropriate for their patients.
    • UPDATED! Content reflects the most current evidence-based practice and national and international clinical practice guidelines.
    • Care plans for 77 “clinical problems” use a conceptual model organization and include the most common/important patient problems, providing the building blocks for students to create their own individualized care plans.
    • Care plans for 155 disorders encompass virtually every common medical-surgical condition, organized by body system.
    • Prioritized care planning guidance internally organizes care plans from "actual" to "risk for" clinical problems, from general to specific interventions, and from independent to collaborative/interprofessional interventions to help students prioritize the most important, therapeutic interventions.
    • Care plan format for clinical problems includes a definition/explanation of the diagnosis, common etiologies, supporting data, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions.
    • Care plan format by disorder includes synonyms for the disorder (for ease in cross referencing), a definition, common etiologies, supporting data, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions for each relevant clinical problem.
    • NEW! Care plan template on the Evolve companion website gives students a starting point for creating their own plans of care.
  • 1. Using Nursing Care Plans to Individualize and Improve Care
    2. ICNP Nursing Diagnosis Care Plans
    3. Patient Readiness for Health Promotion
    4. Care Plans for Clinical Problems
    5. Cardiac and Vascular Care Plans
    6. Pulmonary Care Plans
    7. Neurological Care Plans
    8. Gastrointestinal and Digestive Care Plans
    9. Musculoskeletal Care Plans
    10. Cancer Care Plans
    11. Hematologic and Immunologic Care Plans
    12. Renal and Urinary Tract Care Plans
    13. Men's and Women’s Health Care Plans
    14. Endocrine and Metabolic Care Plans
    15. Integumentary Care Plans
  • Meg Gulanick, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus,Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing,Loyola University,Chicago, Illinois, Judith L. Myers, MSN, RN, Formerly Assistant Professor of Nursing,Grand View University,Des Moines, IA and Collin Bowman-Woodall, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor,Department of Nursing,Samuel Merritt University,San Mateo, California
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Expected availability date: 02-03-2025
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Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.
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