**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Diagnosis/Assessment**
Enhance your expertise in developing tailored nursing care plans with the comprehensive resource, *Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 11th Edition*. This edition addresses prevalent medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical challenges through 232 meticulously crafted care plans, all aligned with the most current evidence-based guidelines as well as national and international treatment protocols.
Key features include:
– **ICNP Diagnoses**: Integration of the International Classification for Nursing Practice classifications to ensure global relevance.
– **QSEN Competencies**: Highlighted competencies to promote quality and safety in nursing education and practice.
– **New Additions**: This edition introduces seven new care plans addressing:
– Impaired Skin Integrity
– Infection
– Underweight
– Overflow Incontinence of Urine
– Eating Disorders
– Brain Tumor
– Pancreatic Cancer
The text has been updated with a full-color format for enhanced usability, along with the inclusion of the latest therapeutic interventions and rationales.
Noteworthy revisions encompass the chapter “Using Nursing Care Plans to Individualize and Improve Care,” which now features additional illustrations to aid in comprehending the essential components of a care plan and prioritizing intervention strategies aligned with patient needs. Furthermore, the content reflects the latest evidence-based practices and contemporary clinical guidelines on both national and international levels.
The organization of care plans for 77 “clinical problems” (previously termed “nursing diagnoses”) employs a conceptual model, encapsulating the most critical patient issues and serving as a foundation for the creation of individualized care plans. Additionally, care plans for 155 disorders comprehensively cover nearly all notable medical-surgical conditions, categorized by body system.
The prioritized guidance for care planning is systematically organized, progressing from “actual” to “risk for” clinical issues, and advancing from general to specific interventions, as well as from independent to collaborative/interprofessional strategies. Each care plan is formatted to include a definition, common etiologies, supporting data, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment strategies, and therapeutic interventions.
The innovative care plan template available on the Evolve companion website provides a valuable starting point in the development of personalized plans of care, enabling nursing practitioners to approach their practice with greater efficacy and confidence.
