Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice

Awarded second place in the 2025 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Medical-Surgical Nursing category and selected as a Doody’s Core Title for 2025!

The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 12th Edition is your trusted companion in the dynamic world of healthcare, enabling you to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in any setting. Comprehensive, meticulously updated, and authored by nurses with more than 75 years of combined nursing experience, this essential guide offers a wealth of knowledge and practical guidance to nursing students, and support to nurses at all stages of their careers.

This edition focuses on both the clinical and compassionate aspects of nursing, with extensively updated content, especially on these topics:

• Intravenous therapy
• Survivorship care
• Immunization and other preventative recommendations for older adults
• Ischemic disorders
• Anticoagulation
• Eating disorders
• Breast cancer risk and management
• American Diabetes Association updates
• Four additional connective tissue disorders and new pharmacologic therapy
• Risk factors for eustachian tube dysfunction
• Pediatric immunodeficiency
• Reclassification of disorders according to the DSM-5-TR

Organized into four distinct parts—Medical-Surgical Nursing, Maternity and Neonatal Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, and Psychiatric Nursing—this manual offers a logical and accessible format. Each section is enriched with Clinical Judgment Alerts, Population Awareness Alerts, and Drug Alerts, emphasizing crucial information for nurse decision-making and sensitivity to diverse patient populations.

With a commitment to inclusive and nonbiased language, the Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice addresses the unique perspectives, complex challenges, and lived experiences of diverse populations traditionally underrepresented in health literature. Additional resources—Procedural Guidelines, Patient Education Guidelines, and Nursing Care Plans—are available online and through an ebook (available for separate purchase), providing flexible and comprehensive tools for all learning styles.