our primary goal for this edition of nursing care plans : nursing diagnosis and intervention has been to build on the quality of the previous editions.
the purpose of the book is to assist students to learn many of the techniques carried out in nursing practice.
nursing today is far different from nursing as it was practiced 50 years ago. and it takes a vivid imagination to envision how the nursing profession will change as we move forward into the 21st century.
the nursing process has been widely adopted by the profession as the systematic framework for nursing practice. it is the foundation on which the subsequent phases of planning, implementation, and evaluation are built.