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Diagnosis
SparksandTaylor’sNursingDiagnosisReferenceManual,
NinthEdition
Sheila S. Ralph
978-1-4511-8701-4 • February2013 • Softbound • 7” x9” •880pp.
Sparks and Taylor’s Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, Ninth
Edition
, provides clearly written, authoritative care plan guidelines
for all 2012-2014NANDA International (NANDA-I) approved nursing
diagnoses.Thebook is full of bright colors, andorganizedby life-stages
andtypeofcare.Eachpartopenswithanewfeature,ApplyingEvidence-
Based Practice, which responds directly to the content. Each NANDA
diagnosis includes associated Nursing Interventions Classifications
(NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOC), and the nursing
process is integrated throughout.Thisbook is the ideal resource for any
clinical setting.
Features
•
NEW!
Updated to reflect 2012-2014NANDAnursingdiagnoses.
•
NEW!
Easier navigation for readers.
•
NEW!
Nursingdiagnosis template, extra case studies, andan
interactive tool toallow students to create careplans havebeen
added to theancillarypackage.
• Includes completenursing careplans for the twenty-onenewest
nursingdiagnoses, updated information for thenine revisednursing
diagnoses.
• More colorful interiordesignmakes contentmore searchableby
lifespan.
• Eachpartof thebookbeginswithApplyingEvidence-basedPractice.
• A special icon for thePointwill show studentswhichof the resources
they canaccess electronically.The feature includes the following
parts:
– Thequestion (Reflects a current issue innursing).
– Evidence-based resources.
– Evaluating theevidence.
– Applying the results andmakingaDecision.
– Re-evaluatingprocess and identifyingareas for improvement.
– FreeeBook.
– Journals articles for each chapter.
– Evidence-basedpracticeboxes.
– Case studies and suggestedanswers.
– Assignments and suggestedanswers.
Table of Contents
Preface
1:OverviewofTheNursingProcess
2:New to this Edition
Unit1:
AdultHealth
Unit2:
AdolescentHealth
Unit3:
ChildHealth
Unit4:
Maternal-NeonatalHealth
Unit5:
GeriatricHealth
Unit6:
PsychiatricandMentalHealth
Unit7:
Community-basedHealth
Unit8:
Wellness
Appendices
1: SelectedNursingDiagnosesby
MedicalDiagnosis
2:NursingDiagnoses andGordon’s
FunctionalHealthPatterns
3:Taxonomy IIDomains,Classes, and
Diagnoses
TaxonomyofNursingPractice:
PlacementofNursingDiagnoses
Index
SparksandTaylor’sNursingDiagnosisPocketGuide,
SecondEdition
Sheila S. Ralph
978-1-4511-8746-5 •April2013 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •512pp.




