Publisher's Synopsis
The new edition of the classic nursing diagnosis text by the leading authority addresses nursing diagnoses and their specific use in clinical practice.;New in this edition are nursing diagnosis - issues and controversies; 10 new NANDA diagnoses; a new section on potential complications - adverse effects of medication therapy that covers 11 drug categories; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; clarification of nurse-prescribed interventions; new material on identifying priority diagnoses and collaborative problems; new diagnosis information on suicide; new material on multi-disciplinary care planning; syndrome diagnoses; expanded description of the use of nursing standards; new material on "monitoring" vs "prevention"; further explanation on how to differentiate "at risk" from "high risk"; new material on the relationship between functional health patterns and diagnosis; expanded material on evaluating nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.
