Nursing care plans : diagnoses, interventions, & outcomes.

Previous edition: 2017.

Includes index.

Chapter one. Using nursing care plans to individualize and improve care. Components of the nursing care plans -- Developing an individualized care plan -- The assessment -- Performing the assessment -- Using general versus specific plan guides -- A focus on optimizing health -- Ensuring quality and safety -- Tools for performance improvement -- Development of patient education materials -- A basis of clinical pathways -- Chapter two. Nursing diagnosis care plans. Activity intolerance -- Impaired airway clearance -- Anxiety -- Risk for aspiration -- Risk for bleeding -- Disturbed body image -- Impaired breathing -- Impaired cardiac output -- Caregiver stress -- Impaired verbal communication -- Confusion -- Constipation -- Difficulty coping -- Readiness for effective decision-making -- Diarrhea -- Risk for fall-related injury -- Fatigue -- Impaired gas exchange -- Impaired health maintenance -- Hopelessness -- Hyperglycemia -- Hypoglycemia -- Functional incontinence of urine -- Reflex incontinence of urine -- Stress incontinence of urine -- Urge incontinence of urine -- Risk for infection -- Decreased intracranial adaptive capacity -- Lack of knowledge -- Impaired memory -- Impaired mobility -- Nausea -- Nonadherence -- IMpaired nutritional intake -- Overweight -- Acute pain --.

Chronic pain -- Powerlessness -- Sedentary lifestyle -- Self-care deficit: bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting -- Situational low self-esteem --Impaired sexual functioning -- Risk of impaired skin integrity -- Impaired sleep -- Spiritual distress -- Impaired swallowing -- Impaired tissue integrity -- Impaired peripheral tissue perfusion -- Post-trauma response -- Chapter three. Patient readiness for health promotion. Health seeking behavior -- Program of regular physical activity -- Enhanced immunization status -- Enhanced nutrition -- Enhanced sleep -- Managing stress -- Smoking cessation -- Weight management. Chapter four. Care plans for clinical problems. Surgical experience: preoperative and postoperative care -- Preoperative phase -- Postoperative phase -- Blood component therapy -- Central venous access devices -- Parenteral nutrition -- Enteral nutrition -- Hearing loss -- Visual impairment -- Tracheostomy -- Older adult frailty -- Substance use disorders -- Grief, death, and dying: end-of-life issues -- Common mood disorders: depression and bipolar disorder -- Chapter five. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances. Hypovolemia -- Hypervolemia -- Hyponatremia -- Hypernatremia -- Hypokalemia -- Hyperkalemia -- Hypocalcemia -- Hypercalcemia -- Hypomagnesemia -- Hypermagnesemia -- Respiratory acidosis -- Metabolic acidosis -- Respiratory alkalosis -- Metabolic alkalosis --.

Chapter six. Cardiac and vascular care plans. Acute coronary syndromes/myocardial infarction -- Angina pectoris, stable -- Atrial fibrillation -- Cardiac rehabilitation -- Coronary bypass/valve surgery: postoperative care -- Heart failure, chronic -- Hypertension -- Percutaneous coronary intervention -- Peripheral arterial revascularization -- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease, chronic -- Pulmonary edema, acute -- Shock, hypovolemic -- Shock, septic -- Thrombosis, deep vein -- Venous insufficiency, chronic -- Chapter seven. Pulmonary care plans. Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Asthma -- Chest trauma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Coronavirus infection -- Mechanical ventilation -- Obstructive sleep apnea -- Pneumonia -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pulmonary tuberculosis -- Respiratory failure, acute -- Chapter eight. Neurologic care plans. Alzheimer's disease/dementia -- Headache: migraine, cluster, tension -- Intervertebral disk disease -- Multiple sclerosis -- Parkinson's disease -- Seizure activity -- Spinal cord injury -- Stroke -- Transient ischemic attack/carotid endarterectomy -- Traumatic brain injury -- Chapter nine. Gastrointestinal and digestive care plans. Bariatric surgery -- Bowel diversion surgery: colostomy, ileostomy -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Hepatitis -- Inflammatory bowel disease -- Peptic ulcer disease -- Chapter ten. Musculoskeletal care plans. Amputation, lower extremity -- Fractures: extremity and pelvic -- Joint arthroplasty/replacement: total hip, knee, shoulder -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteoporosis -- Rheumatoid arthritis --.

Chapter eleven. Cancer care plans. Breast cancer/surgical management with breast reconstruction option -- Cancer chemotherapy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Cancer radiation therapy -- Cervical cancer -- Colorectal cancer -- Head and neck cancer: surgical approaches -- Leukemia, adult -- Lung cancer -- Lymphoma -- Multiple myeloma -- Ovarian cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Skin cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Chapter twelve. Hematologic and immunologic care plans. Anemia -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease -- Neutropenia -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Chapter thirteen. Renal and urinary tract care plans. Acute kidney injury -- Chronic kidney disease -- Hemodialysis -- Peritoneal dialysis -- Urinary diversion -- Urinary tract infection -- Chapter fourteen. Men's and women's health care plans. General health care plans -- LGBTQ health issues -- Gender dysphoria -- Victim of sexual assault -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Men's health care plans -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Erectile dysfunction -- Women's health care plans -- Hysterectomy -- Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Pelvic floor disorder -- Chapter fifteen. Endocrine and metabolic care plans. Diabetes mellitus -- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hypersmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) -- Hyperthryoidism -- Hypothryroidism -- Thyroidectomy -- Chapter sixteen. Integumentary care plans. Burns -- Pressure injuries -- Psoriasis -- Shingles.

Presents a handbook that helps in the creation and customization of effective nursing care plans. Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems, this guide features more than 200 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features highlighted QSEN competencies and a clear differentiation of nursing and collaborative interventions. New to this edition are ICNP® diagnoses, care plans on LGBTQ health issues and on electrolytes and acid-base balance. --Adapted from publisher description.