"The Fifth Edition of Nursing Care Plans and Documentation provides nurses with a comprehensive guide to creating care plans and effectively documenting care. This user-friendly resource presents the most likely diagnoses and collaborative problems with step-by-step guidance on nursing action, and rationales for interventions. Plus, details research for individuals and families undergoing diagnostic procedures or medical and surgical interventions."--Jacket.

Unit I: Introduction to care planning -- 1. The bifocal clinical practice model -- 2. Documentation of nursing care -- 3. 11 steps to care planning -- 4. The ill adult: issues and responses -- 5. Response to the surgical experience -- 6. reducing moral distress in nurses. Unit II: Clinical nursing care plans -- section 1. Medical conditions -- Generic medical care plan for the hospitalized adult client -- Cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disorders -- Heart failure -- Deep venous thrombosis -- Hypertension -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Peripheral arterial disease (atherosclerosis) -- Respiratory disorders -- Asthma -- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pneumonia -- Metabolic and endocrine disorders -- Cirrhosis -- Diabetes mellitus -- Hepatitis (viral) -- Hypothyroidism -- Obesity -- Pancreatitis -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Gastroenterocolitis / Enterocolitis -- Inflammatory bowel disease -- Peptic ulcer disease -- Renal and urinary tract disorders -- Acute kidney failure -- Chronic kidney disease -- Neurologic disorders -- Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) -- Guillain-Barre syndrome -- Multiple sclerosis -- Myasthenia gravis -- Neurogenic bladder -- Parkinson disease -- Seizure disorders -- Spinal cord injury -- Hematologic disorders -- Sickle cell disease -- Integumentary disorders -- Pressure ulcers -- Thermal injuries -- Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders -- Fractures -- Inflammatory joint disease (rheumatoid arthritis, Infectious arthritis, or septic arthritis) -- Osteomyelitis -- Osteoporosis -- Infectious and immunodeficient disorders -- Human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Neoplastic disorders -- Cancer: initial diagnosis -- Cancer: end-stage -- Leukemia -- Clinical situations -- Alcohol withdrawal syndrome -- Immobility or unconsciousness -- Sexual assault. Section 2. Surgical procedures -- Generic care plan for the surgical client -- Abdominal aortic aneurysm resection -- Amputation -- Arterial bypass grafting in the lower extremity -- Breast surgery (lumpectomy, mastectomy) -- Carotid endarterectomy -- Cataract extraction -- Colostomy -- Coronary artery bypass grafting -- Cranial surgery -- Enucleation -- Fractured hip and femur -- Hysterectomy -- Ileostomy -- Laminectomy -- Laryngectomy -- Neck dissection -- Nephrectomy -- radical prostatectomy -- Thoracic pulmonary surgery -- Total joint replacement (hip, knee, shoulder) -- Urostomy. Section 3. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures -- Anticoagulant therapy -- Casts -- chemotherapy -- Corticosteroid therapy -- Enteral nutrition -- Hemodialysis -- Long-term venous access devices -- Mechanical ventilation -- Pacemaker insertion (permanent) -- Peritoneal dialysis -- Radiation therapy -- Total parenteral nutrition.