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• Actions/interventions uniquely organized by priority with selected rationales.
• Icons within the prioritized interventions for cultural • collaborative • community/home care • diagnostic studies • pediatric/geriatric/lifespan • medications.
• Defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively.
• Documentation section focuses on the other steps of the nursing process, reminding you of the importance and necessity of recording each step.
• NIC and NOC labels at the end of each diagnosis.
• Index with over 400 diseases/disorders with prioritized associated nursing diagnoses.

How to Use this Nurse’s Pocket Guide

1. The Nursing Process
2. Application of the Nursing Process
3. Putting Theory into Practice: Sample Assessment Tools, Plan of Care, Mind Mapping, and Documentation
   • Assessment Tools for Choosing Nursing Diagnosis
   • Diagnostic Divisions: Nursing Diagnoses Organized According to a Nursing Focus
   • Client Situation and Prototype Plan of Care
   • Documentation Techniques: SOAP and Focus Charting®
4. Nursing Diagnosis in Alphabetical Order
5. Health Conditions and Client Concerns with Associated Nursing Diagnoses

Appendices
1. NANDA’s Taxonomy
2. Definitions of Taxonomy II Axes

• New and revised diagnoses from the 18th NANDA Conference (2009-2010).
• Additional interventions, updated with the most current information.
• 25 more disorders with appropriate nursing diagnoses.
• Updated Diagnostic Divisions.
• More resources online at the Davis’s Nursing Diagnosis and Care Planning Resource Center.