Nursing Students General Students
Published Jan 12, 2003
TeresaRN2b
550 Posts
I want to go ahead and start purchasing some books now and trying to find out good recommendations for care plan books. What have you liked and disliked?
renerian, BSN, RN
5,693 Posts
I liked Clair Campbell but alot of people did not like her books.
renerian
Rena RN 2003, RN
635 Posts
IMO, the absolute BEST care plan books came from Mary Doenges. you can google her name and find all kinds of sites to order from.
Mkue
1,827 Posts
you can also visit careplans.com to get some ideas.
Gator,SN
738 Posts
I have the Nursing Diagnosis Reference manual, 5th edition, it is by Sparks/Taylor published by Springhouse.
I really like it.
Gator
EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN
953 Posts
I also have the Doenges book and that's what most people in my program have as well. It divides nursing diagnoses by medical diagnoses and it also has a well-organized index.
Gromit
821 Posts
I have Doenges Nursing Care Plans (guidelines for individualizing patient care, Edition 5), and to be honest, I didn't care for the book and found it (for the most part) to be a wasted expense.
Most of my classmates have this book. I think we run about 50-50 on who likes it as opposed to those who dont.
In deference to EmeraldNYL, I'd suggest you get a chance to browse through several books at a library or the school book store, and see if the layout and information structure is to your liking.
essarge
1,250 Posts
My favorite is published by Mosby. It's called "Nursing Care Plans, Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention (4th edition), ISBN 0-8151-2471-6. It is easy to follow and really works when you are doing med/surg etc. I've also got one for pediatrics and maternity, but I mostly use the one listed above.
Thanks everyone