title: Medical surgical care plans Medical surgical care plans Holloway N Medical surgical care plans Springhouse 498pp £16.95 0-87434-128-0.
abstract: By integrating three important themes in nursing: care planning, nursing diagnosis and diagnosis-related groups, Nancy Holloway aims to provide a comprehensive data base for nurses to use daily in planning patient care. While focusing on the adult medical-surgical inpatient, she purports to offer nursing students, educators and experienced clinicians realistic care plans suitable for busy, cost-conscious ward environments.