Gloria Bulechek, Howard K. Butcher, Joanne McCloskey Dotcherman; Editors
This is an essential text for organizations using standardized nursing language. First published in 1992, this sixth edition contains over 550 interventions for patient care and the activities that support each intervention.
The taxonomy described in the book is coded for eventual incorporation into computerized record-keeping systems, an initiative that will continue to develop.
New to the sixth edition: 23 newly approved intervention labels, 133 revised and updated interventions for 49 specialties, five of which are new to this edition.
Softcover, 976 pages. (2013)