Includes bibliographical references (p. 950-967) and index.

Introduction -- Nursing diagnoses: issues and controverseries -- Development of nursing diagnosis -- Types and components of nursing diagnoses -- Nursing diagnosis: What it is, what it is not -- Planning care with nursing diagnosis -- Ten steps to putting it all together -- Manual of nursing diagnoses -- Individual nursing diagnoses -- Family/home nursing diagnoses -- Community nursing diagnoses -- Health promotion/wellness nursing diagnoses -- manual of collaborative problems -- Appendix A -- Appendix B.

Explains the role of nursing diagnosis in clinical practice; provides information on definitions, characteristics, related factors, and interventions for nursing diagnoses; and offers information on collaborative problems.

All age.