Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing - Couverture souple

Morgan, Karyn I.; Townsend, Mary C.

 
9780803699953: Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing

Synopsis

  • Index of Client Behaviors with page numbers listed on inside covers.
  • Concept Mapping and the use of Concept Care Map Plans introduced in Chapter 1.
  • Organized by DSM-5 and NANDA diagnoses.
  • Nursing diagnoses and interventions include the definition, possible etiologies ("Related to ..."), defining characteristics ("Evidenced by ..."), objectives broken down to show long- and short-term goals, interventions with selected rationales, and desired patient outcomes/discharge criteria.
  • Each psychiatric disorder lists background assessment data, predisposing factors, symptomatology, and nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions commonly associated with the disorder.
  • Unit on psychotropic drug classifications covers anti-anxiety agents, antidepressants, mood stabilizing agents, antipsychotics, antiparkinsonian drugs, sedative hypnotics, and agents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
  • Indications, route, and dosage listed for individual drugs as well as for classifications.
  • Communication interventions in the care plans reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication.
  • Clinical Pearl boxes highlight must-know information and interventions for diagnoses
  • Helpful rating scales appear in the appendices, including the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale

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