Nurse's Pocket Guide

The 17th Edition of Nurse's Pocket Guide: Problems, Diagnoses, Prioritized Solutions, and Rationales functions as a clinical reference handbook to assist nursing students in planning patient care across diverse healthcare settings. It guides learners in choosing appropriate diagnoses while fostering clinical judgment and decision-making abilities.

The handbook organizes 174 common nursing diagnoses alphabetically to support students in clinical learning environments. Standardized terminology from NANDA-I 2024-2026 and the 2022 International Classification for Nursing Practice appears alongside distinct icons for each system.

Diagnostic entries arrange recommended interventions by priority, framing them as client problem or need statements. Core terminology from the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model further helps connect recognized clues with targeted care solutions.