Patient Care Standards: Collaborative Planning and Nursing Interventions

For nearly 25 years, Patient Care Standardshas provided both students and practicing nurses with comprehensive guidelines for planning and implementing patient care in today's dynamic health care environment. The book is organized by body systems and covers both disorders and diagnostic and surgical procedures. Additional standards are included for many nursing diagnoses and for general care of patients with special needs. Each standard includes sections for assessment, multidisciplinary management (including therapeutic management and nursingmanagement), patient/family teaching, and home care considerations. Expected outcomes are included for each patient problem/nursing diagnosis. The seventh edition has been updated thoroughly throughout to reflect changes in practice and to incorporate the latest (13th conference) NANDA nursing diagnoses.(*=UNIQUE FEATURE)Includes standards for over 400 medical and surgical problems as well as diagnostic procedures
Employs a body systems organization for ease of locating informationUtilizes an consistent outline format consisting of Assessment, Multidisciplinary Management (including Therapeutic Management and Nursing Management), Patient/Family Teaching, and Home Care Considerations that allows the user to locate needed information quickly
Includes sections on Therapeutic Management which delineate the roles of health professionals other than nurses to assist in planning and implementing collaborative patient careIdentifies appropriate interventions and expected outcomes for each patient problem/nursing diagnosis in the Nursing Management section of each standard to aid in planning and implementing nursing care
Includes rationales as appropriate to assist the reader in understanding the reasons for interventionsPresents the most common patient problems/nursing diagnoses in priority sequence to guide the nurse in focusing on the most important problems first
*Includes general assessment guidelines for each body system, including subjective and objective data, pertinent background information (concurrent diseases, medical history, family history, social history, medication history), and diagnostic tests, to assist the nurse in performing a comprehensive assessment *Includes Gerontologic Considerations boxes in each chapter to assist the nurse in understanding the unique needs of older adults and to modify nursing care to accommodate these needs
Includes Discharge/Home Care Considerations to assist the nurse in modifying care as needed in the home setting*Includes Patient/Family Teaching in each standard to emphasize important concepts to share with the patient and family
Includes standards for caring for patients with special needs, including the elderly, the surgical patient, patients with nutritional problems, patients with special equipment, and the dying patientIncludes numerous clinical paths in a variety of formats to provide the nurse with examples of clinical paths used in practice across the U.S.
Employs a 2-color design to increase ease in locating information and to enhance visual appeal