<p>Based on ongoing research conducted by investigative teams at the University of Iowa, <b>NOC and NIC Linkages to NANDA-I and Clinical Conditions: Supporting Critical Thinking and Quality Care, 3rd Edition</b> is the only book on the market that provides linkages between the three standardized languages recognized by the American Nurses Organization (NOC, NIC, and all of the 2009-2010 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses). Its user-friendly, tabular format and real-world case studies make it the perfect tool to help you develop effective care plans for your patients. This edition features a new chapter on clinical decision making, a new chapter on the use of NNN in information systems, more concise intervention listings that identify major and suggested interventions, and approximately 20 new linkages to common, high-cost medical diagnoses.</p><br><br><ul> <li><b>Linkages between the three standardized languages recognized by the American Nurses Organization</b>: NANDA-I, Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) help you select the most effective care plans for patients and allow institutions to track and quantify nursing care.</li> <p> <li><b>Tabular format</b> allows you to quickly retrieve information.</li> <p></p> <p> <li><b>Case studies with nursing care plans</b> demonstrate the practical, real-life application of linkages.</li> <p></p> <p> <li><b>Definitions of all NANDA-I, NOC, and NIC labels</b> provide comprehensive coverage of the standardized languages. </li> <li><b>Serves as an excellent companion</b> to <i>Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 4th Edition </i>and<i> Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), 5th Edition.</i></li></ul><br><br><ul> <li><b>NEW! Added linkages to common medical diagnoses</b> help support clinical reasoning, improve quality, and build the evidence needed to enhance nursing care.</li></ul> <BLOCKQUOTE> <p>- Includes 15-20 high-frequency, high-cost medical diagnoses that are commonly experienced by patients across the life span.</p> <p>- Examples include Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Total Joint Replacement, and Asthma.</p></BLOCKQUOTE> <ul> <p></p> <p> <li><b>NEW! <i>Treatment of Intervention</i> content</b> makes information easier to locate by listing interventions as <i>Major Interventions</i> and <i>Suggested Interventions</i>. </li> <p></p> <p> <li><b>Two NEW chapters </b>discuss the use of linkages for clinical reasoning and quality improvement and the use of NNN in computerized information systems. </li> <p></p> <p> <li><b>NEW!</b> <b>Information associated with the</b> <b>risk for nursing diagnosis</b> is contained on a single page for quick and easy reference.</li> <p></p></ul>