Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification

by NANDA International

A nursing diagnosis is defined as a clinical judgement about individual, family or community responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes which provide the basis for selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable. Accurate and valid nursing diagnoses guide the selection of interventions that are likely to produce the desired treatment effects and determine nurse-sensitive outcomes. Nursing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405187182
• ISBN13: 9781405187183
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"