Care plans + finding Nsg articles: 2 really good websites everyone should know about!

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http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/#New

This website is highly recommended by all my friends if you have problems writing care plans. It is actually a care plan generator, all you do is pick what applies to your patient and out pops a complete care plan. I would like to stress DONT RELY to heavily on this website because in my own personal exp. you may have to write a care plan whenever and wherever you instructor see's fit. Make sure you know how to become a generator yourself before using this. :)

http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/index.asp#journals

If you need a nursing journal article, heres your place. It cost money for most of the articles but some are free. In my exp using it I was always able to find a free article for just about any topic I needed. Make sure if it says it cost money for a article to click on it and scroll down, because sometimes it only cost money if you print the article. Great for Nursing research papers. :)

Specializes in ICU, MedSurg, Medical Telemetry.
These are a few links I have for pathophys. Not sure they're going to be all that good for you. I also have a copy of Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children by Kathryn L. McCance and Sue E. Heuther here at home that I use for reference...

You are my new best friend! :lol2: Thanks so much for sharing these awesome sites!

Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

here are links to the 75 nursing diagnoses that are currently in the elsevier care plan constructor companion website for nursing diagnosis handbook: a guide to planning care, 7th edition, by betty j. ackley and gail b. ladwig. each of these pages contains the nanda definition, outcomes, nursing interventions and references. there are currently 188 nanda-i officially approved nursing diagnoses (per nanda-i nursing diagnoses: definitions & classification 2007-2008 published by nanda international, page ix), so this list is hardly inclusive. however, it does contain the nursing diagnoses most commonly used in the medical/surgical areas of the acute hospitals and in nursing homes.

001
activity intolerance

002
ineffective airway clearance

003
latex allergy response

004
risk for latex allergy response

005
anxiety

006
risk for aspiration

007
risk for impaired parent/infant/child attachment

008
disturbed body image

009
bowel incontinence

010
ineffective breastfeeding

011
ineffective breathing pattern

012
decreased cardiac output

013
caregiver role strain

014
impaired comfort

015
impaired verbal communication

016
parental role conflict

017
acute confusion

018
chronic confusion

019
constipation

020
ineffective coping

021
compromised family coping

022
ineffective denial

023
diarrhea

024
disturbed energy field

025
adult failure to thrive

026
risk for falls

027
dysfunctional family processes: alcoholism

028
fatigue

029
fear

030
deficient fluid volume

031
excess fluid volume

032
impaired gas exchange

033
grieving

034
anticipatory grieving

035
dysfunctional grieving

036
delayed growth and development

037
ineffective health maintenance

038
hopelessness

039
hyperthermia

040
functional urinary incontinence

041
total urinary incontinence

042
risk for infection

043
risk for injury

044
deficient knowledge (specify)

045
readiness for enhanced knowledge (specify)

046
impaired memory

047
impaired physical mobility

048
nausea

049
imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
050
imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements

051
impaired oral mucous membrane

052
acute pain

053
chronic pain

054
impaired parenting

055
risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction

056
post-trauma syndrome

057
powerlessness

058
impaired religiosity

059
bathing/hygiene self-care deficit

060
feeding self-care deficit

061
risk for situational low self-esteem

062
disturbed sensory perception specify: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory, tactile, olfactory

063
impaired skin integrity

064
disturbed sleep pattern

065
spiritual distress

066
risk for suicide

067
delayed surgical recovery

068
impaired swallowing

069
ineffective therapeutic regimen management

070
disturbed thought processes

071
impaired tissue integrity

072
ineffective tissue perfusion specify type: renal, cerebral, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, peripheral
073
impaired urinary elimination

074
urinary retention

075
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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

here is a link to the page that contains links to the 42 nursing diagnoses that are currently in the elsevier care plan constructor companion website for nursing care plans: nursing diagnosis and intervention, 6th edition, by meg gulanick and judith l. myers. each of these pages contains the nanda definition, outcomes, and nursing interventions.

in addition, there are three more nursing diagnosis pages that you can also link into:

the care plan book that I use is sparks and taylors nursing diagnosis reference manual ISBN: 1-58255-292-4 if have found that it is the best for me. we dont use care plans at my school we use the concept mapping technique. check this book out it is really good.

Can anyone suggest a website for concept maps? thanks

Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
can anyone suggest a website for concept maps? thanks

hi, koko1!

here are weblinks on nursing concept maps:

  • http://elsevier.touchwood.net/lewis/ - this is an online concept map creator from lewis' medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems, an on line student help site from elsevier publishing.

there is also a book that has been published called concept mapping: a critical-thinking approach to care planning by pamela mchugh schuster that costs about $26 and has about 173 pages. this author is an instructor in a nursing school that uses concept mapping. she goes through the steps of the nursing process and how to apply concept mapping with the steps of the nursing process. there are a number of forms scattered throughout the book. it is written and aimed at student nurses. it has a separate chapter on concept mapping patients with psychosocial problems. it also includes two appendices which have the current nanda nursing diagnoses classified and sorted by (1) maslow's hierarchy of needs and (2) gordon's functional health patterns.

fyi. . .there is another sticky thread you should check out for help with writing careplans on the nursing student assistance forum on allnurses as well. here is a link to it: https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/desperately-need-help-careplans-170689.html

welcome to allnurses! :welcome:

WOW thanks for the website. I work as a hom,e health nurse and we must write careplans for all our patients. It is probably one of the most difficult things to think of. I found the site super easy.

thanxx dear ,,

that was i search for it .. nursing care plan

becz im still not professional in writing nurse care plan

this is great thread!!! articles about health care is what im looking for when opening my com..its nice to have some sites in here..good luck to us all!!!

this is great thread!!! articles about health care is what im looking for when opening my com..its nice to have some sites in here..good luck to us all!!! :) :) :)

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Can you please tell me how I can find the sites because I can't seem to locate them on your post. Thank You.
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