Use this pocket-sized guide to make nursing diagnoses and formulate care plans! Ackley and Ladwig’s Guide to Nursing Problems & Care Planning, 8th Edition, provides quick access to more than 1,300 specific client symptoms and a logical, step-by-step guide to care planning. A condensed version of Ackley and Ladwig’s Guide to Nursing Problems & Care Planning: An Evidence-Based Approach, 14th Edition, this book features a Problem, Etiology, and Signs and Symptoms (PES) format. Care plans are aligned with the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. Edited by nursing educators Marina Reyna Martinez-Kratz and Mary Beth Flynn Makic, this reference is ideal for use in class, clinicals, or at the bedside!Section I: Guide to Problem Identification provides an alphabetical listing of common patient problems that include medical diagnoses, psychological diagnoses, and clinical conditions that also align to systems conceptsSection II: Guide to Planning Care includes a collection of nursing problems aligned to clinical judgment competencies for developing person-centered careNEW! Problem, Etiology, Signs and Symptoms (PES) format makes this edition easier to use. Problem, risk, and health promotion care plans are arranged alphabetically by systems concepts that include physiological, biobehavioral, self-management, and safety concernsThree different types of nursing problems are included: problem-focused, risk-focused, and health-promotion-focusedUp-to-date, evidence-based rationales are provided for each nursing problem to guide practiceIndex of Care Plans by Systems Concepts Category ?is included on the inside front and back covers of the print editionAlphabetical thumb tabs provide quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnosesPocket-size portability makes this print book easy to carry and use in class, clinicals, or at the bedsideNEW! Problem, Etiology, Signs and Symptoms (PES) format makes this edition easier to useNEW! Assessment, Analysis, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation (AAPIE) organization is in alignment with the NCSBN definition of the nursing process and the Clinical Judgment Measurement ModelNEW! The Clinical Judgment Measurement Model is featured in this edition
