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

ISBN: 9780443124563

Publication Date: 02-05-2025

Page Count: 1008

Imprint: Elsevier

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**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Medical–Surgical Nursing, 2025**
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Diagnosis/Assessment**

Master the skills you need to create customized nursing care plans! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems, Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 11^th 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 you learn to think like a nurse!

Key Features
- NEW! Seven additional care plans cover:
  - Impaired Skin Integrity
  - Infection
  - Underweight
  - Overflow Incontinence of Urine
  - Eating Disorders
  - Brain Tumor
  - Pancreatic Cancer
- NEW! Fully updated coverage includes the latest therapeutic interventions and rationales
- NEW! Full-color format makes this text more user-friendly and accessible
- UPDATED! Using Nursing Care Plans to Individualize and Improve Care chapter features more illustrations to help you understand the components of a care plan, as well as how to prioritize those which are most appropriate for your patients
- UPDATED! Content reflects the most current evidence-based practice and national and international clinical practice guidelines
- Care plans for 77 “clinical problems” (formerly “nursing diagnoses”) use a conceptual model organization and include the most common/important patient problems, providing the building blocks for creating your 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 you 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 you a starting point for creating your own plans of care
Related Products
- 11th Edition
  Evolve Resources for Nursing Care Plans
  Resources
  
  ISBN: 9780443124709
Contents

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. Neurologic 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
Authors

Meg Gulanick, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Judith L. Myers, MSN, RN, Formerly, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA and Collin Bowman-Woodall, MSN, RN, Formerly, Clinical Nurse and Faculty, UCSF Health, San Francisco, California
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