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872 pp. / Approx. 5 2-Color Illus. / Approx. 15 Tables / 8.375 x 10.875 / February 2017
Note to Booksellers:
The previous edition published in November, 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-4511-8787-8)
Nursing Care Plans
Transitional Patient & Family Centered Care
Seventh Edition
By
Lynda Juall Carpenito
DESCRIPTION
Prepare your students for safe, collaborative clinical practice.
Focusing on the most important nursing care plans for practice, this
updated edition of Carpenito’s practical resource helps students learn
how to create nursing care plans, effectively document care, and build
clinical reasoning and decision-making skills. To help achieve quality
outcomes and prevent adverse events, care plans identify individuals
who are at high risk for falls, pressure ulcers, and infection and prepare
the individual/family for transition to home or another facility. A user-
friendly organization splits Collaborative Problems and Nursing Diag-
nosis in each chapter and organizes care plans by Medical Conditions,
Surgical Procedures, and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures.
FEATURES
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Clinical Alerts
are placed in the plans to advise the clinical or student nurse of a serious event that requires
immediate action.
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Clinical Alert Reports
are a list of clinical observations or findings that are communicated to the novice or
student nurses and/or medical assistants before they begin care that needs to be monitored for. Changes in
status need to be reported in a timely and sometimes urgent fashion.
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Carp’s Cues
notes from the author to emphasize a certain principle of care.
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STAR
(stop, think, act, review) is an evidence-based model to help the nurse assess a situation prior to
intervening and to evaluate the response after acting.
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SBAR
(situation, background, assessment, recommendation) is a framework for clearly, consistently, and
succinctly communicating pertinent information among health care professionals.
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Transition to Home/Community Care
addresses the assessment of risk factors that increase the likelihood
that transition will be delayed or that problems may occur at home that can complicate recovery or cause
readmission to the acute care agency.
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Transitional Risk Assessment Plan (TRAP)
certain factors in individual clients increase their risk for
complications as falls, infections, and pressure ulcers.
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Rationale
evidence based rationales and guidelines included in interventions
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UPDATED! All nursing diagnoses reflect today’s best practices
.
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NEW! Up-to-date content
enriches the presentation, including new techniques on increasing a patient’s
motivation to learn self-care and new discussions in a new Appendix C on how to teach individuals with
low health literacy.
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Evidence-based rationales and guidelines
help students understand how research informs practice.
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Clinical Alerts
advise students of serious events that require immediate action and need to be reported in a
timely and sometimes urgent fashion.
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An evidence-based model, STAR
(
S
top,
T
hink,
A
ct,
R
eview), shows students how to assess a situation
prior to intervening and how to evaluate the response after acting.
▶
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A SBAR
(
S
ituation,
B
ackground,
A
ssessment,
R
ecommendation)
framework
facilitates clear, consistent,
and succinct communication of pertinent information among health care professionals.
NURSING
Assessment & Diagnosis
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