A diagnostic manual may be useful for different purposes. For students it is a means of quick reference during the training period for nurses is an expert clinical reference, a research tool, a practical resource for daily work. For both it is a "companion" to use all the time. This manual covers the latest diagnostic categories contained in the NANDA Taxonomy Diagnostics International developed and approved by the American Association of Nurses.
For each diagnosis, the manual contains:
- The definition
- The main characteristics
- The most common etiologic factors and related
- Plans for treatment of specific diagnoses
- The documentation to be produced
The schematic presentation of these components greatly facilitates the nurse practitioner and the student in identifying and formulating many of the possible problems of users. Once collected the data for a certain person, in fact, you can quickly compare the features of specific diagnoses or hypothesized, we also know how to name the problem and the factors that cause it.
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