Care plan book?

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I need help...I'm trying to decide which care plan I should buy, I went on amazon and I see a few with good reviews but what's the best care plan book you guys own? Since I'm new at this :p

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I use these:

a'>Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses,Prioritized Interventions and Rationales: Marilynn Doenges,Mary Moorhouse,Alice Murr: 9780803622340: Amazon.com: Books

nd this:

All-In-One Care Planning Resource,3e: Pamela L. Swearingen RN: 9780323074209: Amazon.com: Books

I love the first one because you just need to figure out (by yourself, the book doesn't talk about diseases) what dx goes with your patient and then the book will tell you what factors you can relate to that dx, what kind of subjective and objective data would evidence the dx, and then gives you lots of interventions and rationales. It helps you to write a perfect dx step by step :).

The second one is a regular nursing care plan book. It comes with the most common medical/surgical, OB, peds, and mental health diseases. So lets say if your pt was diagnosed with DVT, then the book briefly explains the condition and gives you the most common nursing dx with some interventions that would apply to that pt. I mostly use this book when I'm kind of lost with a pt with a medical dx that I'm not familiar with and once I figure out what nursing dx I should use then I just go by the first book.

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I bought this one: Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care,9e: Betty J. Ackley,Gail B. Ladwig: 9780323071505: Amazon.com: Books and have used it for two care plans so far. The first one I did was actually used by my clinical instructor as a good example for the rest of my group, so I guess it's a pretty good book!

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Specializes in Pediatric, ED.

If I could only choose 1 nursing care plan guide before being shipped off to a remote island, I would definitely pick this;

Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Sandra M. Nettina

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ISBN-10: 0781798337 | ISBN-13: 978-0781798334

It's a little pricey but it does come with a nice hard cover. It offers wealth of information, nursing diagnosis, interventions and desired outcome. The best of the 4 care plan books I own.

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Specializes in Pre-Hospital Settings.

I have the one Shorty suggested and love it! Also found it on eBay for only $8 and in really great shape!

I need help...I'm trying to decide which care plan I should buy, I went on amazon and I see a few with good reviews but what's the best care plan book you guys own? Since I'm new at this :p
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