**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Medical-Surgical Nursing, 2025**
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Diagnosis/Assessment**
Master the skills you need to create customized nursing care plans! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems,
Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 11th Edition features 232 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features ICNP diagnoses, highlighted QSEN competencies, and a clear differentiation of nursing and collaborative interventions. New to this edition are a full-color format, seven new care plans, and a new online care plan template that makes it easier to create care plans. The #1 care planning book is better than ever and will help you learn to think like a nurse!
- NEW! Seven additional care plans cover:
- Impaired Skin Integrity
- Infection
- Underweight
- Overflow Incontinence of Urine
- Eating Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Pancreatic Cancer
- NEW! Fully updated coverage includes the latest therapeutic interventions and rationales
- NEW! Full-color format makes this text more user-friendly and accessible
- UPDATED! Using Nursing Care Plans to Individualize and Improve Care chapter features more illustrations to help you understand the components of a care plan, as well as how to prioritize those which are most appropriate for your patients
- UPDATED! Content reflects the most current evidence-based practice andl“~