Research Guides: NUR461 Leadership & Management in Nursing: Process Improvement

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Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), 8e by Gloria M. Bulechek; Howard K. Butcher; Joanne M. Dochterman; Cheryl M. Wagner
Call Number: REF RT42 .N858 2024
Publication Date: 2024
This research-based clinical tool standardizes and defines the knowledge base for nursing curricula and practice, communicates the nature of nursing, and facilitates the appropriate selection of nursing interventions for nurses.
Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, 12e by Linda Lee Phelps
Call Number: REF RT48.6 .S66 2023
Publication Date: 2023
Contains evidence-based information needed to diagnose and construct care plans that meet patients' health care needs throughout the life span.
Ackley and Ladwig's Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 13e by Mary Beth Flynn Makic (Editor); Marina Martinez-Kratz (Editor)
Call Number: RT48.6 .A35 2023
Publication Date: 2022
Step-by-step instructions show how to implement care and evaluate outcomes, and help you build skills in diagnostic reasoning and critical thinking.
Nursing Diagnosis Manual: Planning, Individualizing, and Documenting Client Care, 7e by Marilynn E. Doenges; Mary Frances Moorhouse; Alice C. Murr; F.A. Davis Company
Publication Date: 2022
Identify interventions to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 800 diseases and disorders.

What is the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle?
From the American Society for Quality, this short guide tells you when to use PDCA, the procedure, and examples.

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