Section I: Nursing Diagnosis, the Nursing Process and Evidence Based Nursing * An explanation of how to make a nursing diagnosis and plan care using the nursing process and evidence based nursing. Section II: Guide to Nursing Diagnoses * Includes suggested nursing diagnoses and page references for over 1300 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states. Section III: Guide to Planning Care * Definitions, defining characteristics, risk factors, related factors, suggested NOC outcomes, client outcomes, suggested NIC interventions, interventions with rationales for each alphabetized nursing diagnosis where appropriate: client/family teaching and discharge planning, geriatric, home care, multicultural, pediatric and safety.
