This clinical pocket manual - based on Lippincott's Manual of Nursing Practice - covers the four main areas of nursing: medical-surgical, maternal-newborn, paediatrics and psychiatric. Features include an A-to-Z outline format of diseases and disorders; alerts highlighting critical information; an updated collaborative management section; and nursing interventions throughout. The volume also includes added features on additional disorders; a listing of nursing diagnoses with references from each disorder; a table of common lab tests; a section on problems of the newborn; more graphics; and alternative and psychosocial interventions.