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A classroom and clinical reference with two disks, for students and nurses involved in constructing individualized patient care plans. After introductory chapters on the nursing process, care planning mechanics, and the documentation process, guidelines for nursing care plans are arranged in sections on body systems and specific disorders. Guidelines encompass physical cultural, sexual, nutritional, and psychological needs. This fourth edition contains expanded material on community and home care settings, and scientific rationales for nursing interventions, plus disks with tutorials and preprinted care plans. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved
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Beth-El College of Nursing, Colorado Springs, CO. Handbook shows the reader how to document for government regulations and third-party payers, including the latest JCAHO and ANA standards, identifies DRGs with projected mean length of stay, and uses new and revised nursing diagnoses and updated terminology. Previous edition: c2000. Softcover. DNLM: Patient Care Planning--Handbooks.
Nursing Care Plans: Guidelines for Individualizing Care FROM THE PUBLISHER
A FREE CD-ROM, which contains care plans for nearly 200 diseases/conditions, is packaged with the book.
Help your students save valuable time -- make sure they use the best care planning book available!
System requirements for CD-ROM: PC with minimum 90 MHz Pentium, Windows 9.X, ME, XP, 2000, 256-color SVGA display or better, 18MB free hard drive space, 32MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM. Also requires a word processor (Windows-based). Word for Windows preferred.
KEY FEATURES:
112 care plans presented by medical disorder that students can adapt to their needs
Comprehensive rationales for every intervention
With the free CD-ROM, students will have at hand: (1) care plans for nearly 200 diseases/conditions, and (2) the ability to print care plans or editing options to create custom patient plans
Guidelines cover total patient needs -- physical, cultural, sexual, nutritional, and psychosocial
Updated information on herbal products, including their potential interaction with prescription and OTC medications
Helps students know what to expect in the hospital as well as in community-based settings
Lists nursing diagnoses by priority and helps students to write measurable goal statements
NIC/NOC labels link content to nursing diagnoses
NEW care plan guidelines on disaster considerations during catastrophic events
Shows students how to document for government regulations and third-party payers, and the latest JCAHO and ANA standards are included
DRGs are identified with projected mean length of stay
New and revised nursing diagnoses and updated terminology through the latest NANDA conference
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