Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. The Focus of Nursing Care - Nursing diagnoses : issues and controversies -- Development of nursing diagnosis -- Types and components of nursing diagnoses -- Nursing diagnosis : what it is, what it is not -- Planning care with nursing diagnosis -- Eleven steps to putting it all together ; Section 2. Manual of Nursing Diagnoses : Individual nursing diagnoses -- Family/home nursing diagnoses -- Community nursing diagnoses -- Health promotion/wellness nursing diagnoses ; Section 3. Manual of Collaborative Problems : Risks for complications of cardiac/vascular dysfunction -- Risks for complications of respiratory dysfunction -- Risks for complications of metabolic/immune/hematopoietic dysfunction -- Risks for complications of renal/urinary dysfunction -- Risks for complications of neurologic/sensory dysfunction -- Risks for complications of gastrointestinal/hepatic/biliary dysfunction -- Risks for complications of muscular/skeletal dysfunction -- Risks for complications of reproductive dysfunction -- Risks for complications ofmedication therapy adverse effects.