Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice

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Summary: Don't waste your money.
Review: Although my nursing school required this book, it is the most confusing and least helpful of all the 9 books I have on care planning and nursing diagnoses. I haven't met anyone who likes this book or finds it user friendly. In all the other books the rationales are written right after the interventions,this book does not use that format making it time consuming and frustrating. The book is unorganized and hard to follow. If this is not a required book,save your money for your tuition.

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Summary: This book is frustrating and time consuming!
Review: I am not sure why my school chose this book/ Author. I have yet to meet anyone who enjoys using this book. I give it 2 stars only because it has all the NANDA dx in it (if you can find them!)I find it very time consuming. If you enjoy flipping back and forth to several pages without much help in finding what you are looking for, then this is the book for you. Index aside, this book needs to be more user friendly. I simply do not like the way it is organized. Risk Factors are seperate from Nursing DX, but stuck in the middle of the book, good luck following from one section to another! There is no friendly flow in this book to use it efficiently. Sorry, but I can't recommend this book. There has got to be a better way to write this book!

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Summary: Why students complain about this book
Review: I love this book for its thoroughness,clarity, and usefulness in exploring nursing clinical decisions. I am not surprised that the students find it difficult because becoming a nurse IS a difficult transformation. The author doesn't "dumb-down" the complexity of nursing process - thank goodness.

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Summary: Core Collection choice in the Brandon & Hill bibliography.
Review: Sixth edition of this title was selected as a core collection item in nursing diagnosis in the Brandon & Hill bibliography for small medical libraries. This is a new edition.

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Summary: Core Collection choice in the Brandon & Hill bibliography.
Review: Sixth edition of this title was selected as a core collection item in nursing diagnosis in the Brandon & Hill bibliography for small medical libraries. This is a new edition.

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Summary: Core Collection for Nursing
Review: The previous edition of this title was selected to be included in "Cord Collection in NUrsing and the Allied Health Sciences" from Oryx Press, 1990.

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Summary: One of the best Nsg Dx books written
Review: This edition and its previous editions were well written. The books clarify each nursing diagnosis and gives an excellent list of "related to" topics. One of the most useful sections is the Errors in Dx Statements. This helps students from misinterpreting diagnosis by giving a different perspective and by leading the reading to the correct dx. Age group considerations are excellent as well as the follow-up principles. A must have book for every nursing student. I am still waiting for psychiatric dx to be included. Okay, maybe I was too hard on the handbook. We should have been required to buy the full book. Hurry up and publish the 8th Edition...I need it for school!!! -Curtis Chow

Rating:
Summary: One of the best Nsg Dx books written
Review: This edition and its previous editions were well written. The books clarify each nursing diagnosis and gives an excellent list of "related to" topics. One of the most useful sections is the Errors in Dx Statements. This helps students from misinterpreting diagnosis by giving a different perspective and by leading the reading to the correct dx. Age group considerations are excellent as well as the follow-up principles. A must have book for every nursing student. I am still waiting for psychiatric dx to be included. Okay, maybe I was too hard on the handbook. We should have been required to buy the full book. Hurry up and publish the 8th Edition...I need it for school!!! -Curtis Chow