From America's foremost authorities on care planning Nursing Diagnosis Manual is a complete reference that can help nursing students and clinicians identify interventions commonly associated with specific nursing diagnoses across the client's life span to help plan, individualize, and document client care. Using the standard nursing language of NANDA (nursing diagnoses), NIC (interventions), and NOC (outcomes), this manual offers * A listing of all the nursing diagnoses (including the latest NANDA-approved diagnoses), alphabetized following Nanda's own sequencing. * Definitions * Defining characteristics (subjective and/or objecti * Related/risk factors * Classification * Desired outcomes * Prioritized actions/interventions * Nursing documentation focus at the end of every diagnoses * With Client Will (include Specific Time F rame) statements * Interventions are prioritized, with helpful icons indicating specialized interventions across the life span: * Transcultural considerations * Collaborative interventions * Community/Home Care interventions * Diagnostic Studies * Pediatric/Geriatric/Life span interventions * Medications * Over 800 disorders and health conditions * Reflect all specialty areas * Include associated nursing diagnoses with causative factors, signs, and symptoms * Provides comprehensive scientific rationales for all interventions * Cites up-to-date references in support of evidence-based practice * Spotlights Mind Mapping; a learning tool to help you take a holistic approach, for creating and documenting care * To enhance critical thinking skills when planning client care.