Pinpoint the appropriate diagnosis• Turn to Chapter 3 and select the appropriate assessment tool for your Adult Medical/Surgical, Psychiatric, Prenatal, or Intrapartal patient.
• Input your health history and physical assessment findings to create an assessment database.
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Validate your diagnosis
• Turn to Chapter 5, Health Conditions and Client Concerns With Associated Nursing Diagnoses.
• Search the alphabetical listing of more than 400 diseases/disorders, coded by specialty area, for your patient's condition.
• Review the associated diagnoses, listed by priority that includes 'related to" and "evidenced by" components.
• Select the diagnosis most appropriate for your patient.
Develop your plan of care
Each diagnosis includes...
• NANDA definition and taxonomy
• Related factors
• Subjective and objective defining characteristics
• Desired outcome/evaluation criteria
• Prioritized action/interventions with selected rationales
• Icons within the action/interventions indicating: • lifespan • culture •collaborative • diagnostic studies • community/home care • medications