[APBT mom]

Is there or does anyone know of a pocket sized care plan book that comes with the interventions and rationales. I have a larger sized one but it's to bulky to bring to clinicals and I'm paranoid that it'll get legs and walk away like some of the other books the students have brought to clinicals. I just want something that I can stick in my clipboard and don't have to worry about keeping track of my books. TIA

[al7139]

There are pocket sized care plan books available. There are also PDA versions. Or, if you choose, go to the NANDA website, and there is lots that you can print out. At the very least, you can print a list of the NANDA approved nursing diagnoses. Based on these, you should be able to figure out the interventions/rationales, but you can print these out as well (printer ink gets kind of expensive though, so use a school printer if you choose this route). I suggest going online to Amazon, or Barnes and Noble and researching pocket books...They have lots!
Hope this helps!
Amy

[dave5000]

I'm a nursing student that would like to hear about any good PDA's for students or nurses. Also any good software available. Thanks

[dave5000]

I'm a nursing student looking for a good PDA and any software that is applicaple for students or nurses, Thanks

[Daytonite]

Originally Posted by al7139

There are pocket sized care plan books available. There are also PDA versions. Or, if you choose, go to the NANDA website, and there is lots that you can print out. At the very least, you can print a list of the NANDA approved nursing diagnoses. Based on these, you should be able to figure out the interventions/rationales, but you can print these out as well (printer ink gets kind of expensive though, so use a school printer if you choose this route). I suggest going online to Amazon, or Barnes and Noble and researching pocket books...They have lots!
Hope this helps!
Amy

This information is incorrect! NANDA does not have any of the nursing diagnoses listed on their website nor allow anyone to list them all to be printed out for free! The nursing taxonomy is owned by NANDA and copyrighted. Nothing in it can be used without prior approval from NANDA and/or paying a copyright fee. You have to buy a care plan book or a nursing diagnosis book to get the NANDA taxonomy. A pocketbook of the nursing diagnosis taxonomy that includes the definition, related factors and defining characteristics of each of the current 188 nursing diagnoses is in this NANDA publication: NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification 2007-2008. The taxonomy does not include nursing interventions or rationales. It has, however, been linked with NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classifications) and NIC (Nursing Interventions Classifications) that were developed at the University of Iowa. You will find many of these linkages in current nursing care plan books that are on the market.

[APBT mom]

Thanks for the replies. I've looked around and can't find any book but I will try to find a program for my PDA.

[KEL2BanRN]

I have a pocket sized Nursing Diagnosis book... let me look at it...

OK it's actually called "Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Rationales" 9th edition, by Marilynn E. Doenges, Mary Frances Moorhouse, and Alice C. Geissler-Murr. Published by Taber's/Davis.

It has come in very handy and I do carry mine in my nursing bag to clinicals. HTH.