Nursing process and nursing diagnosis Book

1	The Nursing Process	1
	Definitions of Nursing	2
	The Nursing Process	9
	Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process	22
2	Assessment	34
	Data and Assessment	36
	Data Collection	42
	Critical Thinking and Assessment Documentation	78
	Computers	85
3	The Diagnostic Process	92
	Nursing Diagnosis	93
	Steps in the Diagnostic Process	96
	Errors in the Diagnostic Process	105
	Critical Thinking and the Diagnostic Process	112
	Computers and the Diagnostic Process	117
4	Writing a Nursing Diagnosis	120
	The North American Nursing Diagnosis System	121
	Components of the Nursing Diagnosis	124
	Variations of the Nursing Diagnosis	134
	Guidelines for Writing a Nursing Diagnosis	138
	Validation of the Diagnosis Documentation	149
5	Planning: Priority-Setting and Developing Outcomes	156
	Setting Priorities	158
	Writing Outcomes	162
	Individual Responses and Outcomes	174
6	Planning: Nursing Interventions and Documentation	184
	Developing Nursing Interventions	186
	Critical Thinking and Planning	194
	Documentation of the Plan	197
7	Implementation	222
	Preparation	224
	Intervention	231
	Critical Thinking and Implementation	246
	Documentation	248
8	Implementation: Nursing Care Delivery Systems	268
	Functional Nursing	271
	Team Nursing	273
	Primary Nursing	274
	Case Management	277
	Patient-Focused Care	280
9	Evaluation	286
	Evaluation is Systematic and Ongoing	287
	Evaluation and the Nursing Process	299
	Critical Thinking and Evaluation	302
	Evaluation of the Quality of Care	303
	Evaluation of Quality of Care and the Nursing Process	311
10	Legal and Ethical Issues and the Nursing Process	314
	Principles of Law	316
	Critical Thinking and Legal Aspects of the Nursing Process	332
	Ethical Foundations of Nursing Practice	336
	Ethical Decision-Making and the Nursing Process	343
	Example of Ethical Decision-Making	345
	Abbreviations Used In Text	354
	App. A Approved Nursing Diagnoses	354
	App. B Exercises	400
	Index	441