This portable handbook offers the reader easy access to nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems. The book is designed in an outline format and divided into two sections. Section One covers all nursing diagnoses and specific population interventions. Section Two presents diagnostic clusters. Boxed and screened author's notes clarify diagnoses. Interventions are grouped according to population. Diagnostic clusters cover all clinical areas - medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynaecological, neonatal, paediatric/adolescent, and mental health. A removable laminated card at the back of the book lists all nursing diagnoses under functional health patterns. Features new to this edition include: critical pathways and how to use them with nursing diagnosis; new nursing diagnoses; and NIC and NOC appendices.