Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual

Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous - relatively small book crammed with info that is invaluable to students learning to write care plans. It's my go to book and all my friends are borrowing it too. You get NANDA, NIC and NOC material to work with. I have seen lots of care plan books, but this is the easiest and most complete to work with - AWESOME. The older edition is fine if you want to save money.

My very kind professor loaned me several care plan books to look through to decide which I wanted to buy. Many of the more comprehensive guides were confusing, disorganized, and full of fluff I didn't need. This book had everything I needed, was well organized, and was easy to use. This is the only book I decided to buy, in the end. Each nursing diagnosis is listed with defining characteristics, outcomes and interventions. You can look up a diagnosis either by related medical condition or by NANDA nursing diagnosis. No fluff, no bells and whistles, just serious information, all the information you need, and none of the junk you don't.

Having spent a small fortune on nursing careplan and nursing diagnosis books, this one is a must have. It is easy to follow and has sections for adult,pediatric,geriatric and adolescent health care with diagnosis,interventions,rationales and expected outcomes as well as assessments,defining characteristics, associated medical diagnoses and documentation. My care plans grades improved with the use of this book as well as the ease of writing those dreaded care plans.

This book has increased my careplan grades. I have used this book during my LPN training and RN training and found that it is easy to follow and understand. I recommend this book to all my fellow nursing students. This book has increased my knowledge of the nursing process. This is a must have!

A great book for nursing care plans! Diagnosis, assessments, risks, goals, interventions, rationales, evaluations.......easy to find cross references.