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Clearly written, comprehensive coverage of psychiatric mental-health nursing delivers what nursing students need to meet the challenges of health care today. Its evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice focuses on both physiological and psychological disorders. Designed to be used in longer psychiatric mental-health nursing courses, this text provides students with a comprehensive grounding in therapeutic approaches as well as must-know DSM-5 disorders and nursing interventions.

Accompanying CD-ROM has an electronic test bank of 400 NCLEX-style questions that can be customized by chapter and by NCLEX descriptor and a student workbook with learning activities, more than 50 psychotropic drug monographs, more than 20 sample client education teaching guides, a medication assessment tool for levels of anxiety, a table for assigning nursing diagnoses to client behaviors, and care plans. Includes Adobe Reader software for opening PDF files.

"This book is designed as a guide in the construction of care plans for various psychiatric clients. The concepts are presented in such a manner that they may be applied to various types of health-care settings: inpatient hospitalization, outpatient clinic, home health, partial hospitalization, and private practice, to name a few. Major divisions in the book are identified by psychiatric diagnostic categories as they appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)"--

Here's the 7th Edition of the most complete, easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individual care plans

A comprehensive, up-to-date textbook for nursing students and clinical nurses, based on the conceptual framework of stress-adaptation, and consisting of four major units: basic concepts in psychiatric/mental health nursing, therapeutic approaches in psychiatric care, nursing care of patients with alterations in psychosocial adaptation, and special topics. The focus is on holistic nursing, and because psychiatric/mental health nursing is applicable to every nurse's individual practice, the concepts discussed in the text may be utilized in all clinical nursing settings. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This textbook provides information to students as they proceed through clinical rotations in this area. Four major units are covered: introduction to psychiatric/mental health concepts; psychiatric/mental health nursing interventions; care of clients with psychiatric disorders; and psychiatric/mental health nursing of special populations. Case studies, care plans and critical pathways, review questions, NANDA diagnoses, and a glossary are included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Here’s the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It’s really two books in one! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe prescription and administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings…from in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic…to home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, the 9th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including the DSM-5, all of today’s new psychotropic medications, and the 2012-2014 content in the NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II.

2 BOOKS IN ONE 1. Practical diagnoses to create a care plan 2. Up-to-date coverage of the latest psychotropic medications Here’s the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It’s the perfect quick reference now for clinical rotations…and later for practicing nurses. This Pocket Guide is really two books in one! The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe prescription and administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be applied in a variety of healthcare settings…from in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic…to home health and private practice. This quick reference book is the perfect complement to your core psych text – either Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing or Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. See what students and practitioners are saying online about the previous edition… Nursing Student Psych Nurse must-have. “This was a must-have for my clinical rotation for psychiatric nursing. Fit in my pant pocket. Super useful for nursing diagnoses and concept maps that were required. Has "evidenced by", "goals", "interventions" and "outcomes" -- plus describes all the different conditions! I want one for all my rotations!”—Elle, Online Reviewer Excellent updated, comprehensive information. “Great, comprehensive overview. Love that so much is packed into this volume without adding bulk.”—Barbara R., Online Reviewer