With more than 100 evidence-based, customizable care plans, Swearingen’s All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric-Mental Health is an easy-to-use, curriculum-wide reference to guide the development of patient-centered nursing care plans. The only nursing care planning reference book that covers all four core clinical areas, it features care plans for medical-surgical, maternity/OB, pediatrics, and psychiatric?mental health to help you learn to care for patients in any setting. The interprofessional patient problems focus teaches you how to communicate patient problems using the standard terminology of the health professions rather than in nursing-specific language. Safety icons highlight assessments and interventions that focus on safety measures supported by national patient safety standards and goals. Care plans have been updated throughout to reflect the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines and protocols. Care plan components are now labeled as appropriate with the six cognitive skills identified in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) to help you identify, develop, and implement the clinical judgment skills needed for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX^® Exam (NGN) and in clinical practice. With new care plans on Infection, Breastfeeding, and Delirium, a clear, focused approach, an easy-to-use format, and straightforward rationales, this one book will meet your care planning needs throughout your entire nursing program and into clinical practice!

Key Features

• UNIQUE! Care plans cover all four major clinical areas: medical-surgical, OB/maternity, pediatrics, and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
• UNIQUE! Colorful design makes the book more user friendly and includes color-coded tabs and improved cross-referencing and navigation aids for faster information retrieval.
• UNIQUE! Updated care plan focused on support of LGBTQ+ patients ensures sensitive, professional nursing care.
• Consistent format for each care plan facilitates more efficient planning, with headings for Overview/Pathophysiology, Health Care Setting, and more.
• Interprofessional patient problems focus equips users to communicate with other health professionals in the interprofessional language of patient problems, rather than in the nursing-specific language of nursing diagnosis.
• Safety icons highlight assessments and interventions that focus on safety measures supported by national patient safety standards and goals.
• Patient problems are prioritized in order of importance and physiologic patient needs are included to help users focus on the most important assessments and interventions.
• Detailed rationales for each nursing intervention help users apply concepts to specific patient situations in clinical practice.

New Features

• NEW and UNIQUE! Care plan components are now labeled as appropriate with the six cognitive skills identified in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) to help students identify, develop, and implement the clinical judgment skills needed for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX^® Exam (NGN) and in clinical practice.
• NEW! Additional care plans on Infection, Delirium, and Breastfeeding.
• UPDATED! Content throughout reflects the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines and national and international treatment protocols.