A market-leading text/reference for teaching undergraduate nursing students key elements of nursing diagnosis, its role in the nursing process, and its application to clinical practice. The text presents diagnosis, practical application, assessment, intervention and rationale (including summaries), and outcome criteria. Features include the Author's Notes, plus guidelines and keys that focus on assessment data, concepts, differentiating nursing diagnoses, developing care plans, and controversies surrounding diagnosis and critical care pathways. Includes a special section on "Collaborative Problems" and "Diagnostic Clusters".