Generations of nursing students have discovered the scope, the importance, and the fundamental processes of their chosen profession with this one-of-a-kind, reader-friendly text. Using a helpful building-block approach, and filled with many thought-provoking historical and cultural vignettes, Understanding the Nursing Process in a Changing Care Environment breaks the nursing process into logically organized steps for ease of comprehension. Newly updated, the sixth edition considers the nursing process against the backdrop of today's transforming issues--such as managed care, multicultural patient populations, home health care, and illness prevention. Doesn't your nursing career deserve a resource like Understanding the Nursing Process in a Changing Care Environment? <p>Look For These Important Features<br>• Learn-as-you-go approach with self-test questions following every step<br>• Clear introductions to patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation <br>• Critical thinking sections and guidelines in each chapter<br>• Information and guidelines to culturally competent nursing care in each chapter<br>• Discussion and application of managed care in each chapter<br>• Current professional guidelines and issues<br>• Separate pocket guide to nursing diagnosis<br>• Across the continuum case study and critical pathway example from ambulatory clinic setting, to hospital, to home care<p>Also, New To This Edition 6, You'll Find:<br>• Revised ANA and JCAHO standards of care<br>• NANDA nursing diagnosis for 1999-2000 <br>• Added illustrations<br>• Internet and technology resources in nursing<br>• Improved and updated Pocket Nursing Diagnosis Guide<br>• Sections in each chapter on:<br>critical thinking<br>culturally competent nursing care<br>managed care