Nursing Diagnosis Manual: Planning, Individualizing And Documenting Client Care by Marilynn E. Doenges

Arranged alphabetically following NANDA sequencing, the 167 nursing diagnoses collected in this reference list risk factors, defining characteristics, desired outcomes, evaluation criteria, interventions, nursing priorities, documentation focus suggestions, and references. The final section links 800 disorders and health conditions to the associated nursing diagnoses written as client problem/need statements to help in validating the assessment and diagnosis steps of the nursing process. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)