Nurse's Pocket Guide Problems, Diagnoses, Prioritized Solutions, and Rationales

Connect clinical judgment to nursing diagnosis.

The perfect pocket guide makes care planning easier.

This quick-reference tool helps you plan effective patient care in any setting while developing your clinical judgment and decision-making skills. It has exactly what you need to select the appropriate diagnosis to plan your patients’ care effectively. 

See what students are saying online about the previous edition...

Holy grail. "If you’re in nursing school and debating on making this purchase, IT IS WORTH IT. it was able to help me write my nursing diagnoses, interventions, and rationales for me and saved me so much time. definitely something you’ll use throughout the entirety of nursing school for care plans, absolutely an investment.”—Samantha S.

I love it. “I’m a nursing student who carries enough books without the required extras. This book is small enough that it doesn’t take up much space, but worth having with me during clinicals and the assignments that are assigned with it.”—Samantha R.

Perfect for nursing school. "Purchased this book to assist me through nursing school. Has been a game changer to have this at my fingertips. Every nursing student should purchase.”—Daniel H.

• New & Updated! Completely up to date with diagnoses from NANDA-I 2024-2026 and ICNP (International Classification for Nursing Practice) 2022, with an icon for each, broadening students’ understanding of the standardized nursing languages they’ll encounter throughout their careers. 
• New! Each diagnosis updated to incorporate the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM)) terminology, including “Recognize Clues,” “Generate Solutions,” “Take Actions,” and “Evaluation,” reinforcing the connection between identifying problems and determining their solutions. 
• Alphabetized monographs containing 174 of the most commonly used nursing diagnoses in the clinical learning environment 
• Associated actions/interventions presented by priority and written as client problem/need statements 
• Icons within the prioritized interventions to indicate acute care, collaboration, community/home care, cultural considerations, diagnostic studies, evidence-based practice, medications, and pediatric/geriatric/lifespan considerations
• Defining characteristics presented subjectively and objectively.
• Documentation section that focuses on the other steps of the nursing process, reminding students of the importance and necessity of recording each step.
• NIC and NOC labels at the end of each diagnosis
• Detachable, laminated, pocket-minder bookmark on inside back cover with nursing diagnoses organized by Doenges and Moorhouse’s Diagnostic Divisions and the page numbers where they can be found 
• Index with hundreds of diseases/disorders with prioritized associated nursing diagnoses

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.