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Psychiatric Nursing: Assessment, Care Plans, and Medications, is the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. Itâs really two resources 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 settingsâŚfrom in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinicâŚto home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, tthe latest edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including the DSM-5, and all of todayâs new psychotropic medications.
Key Features
* 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 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.
* No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms.
New To This Edition
* UPDATED & REVISED! All content, thoroughly revised and updated, reflects the education and practice of nursing today.
* UPDATED! Coverage of psychiatric disorders reflects the DSM-5.
* EXPANDED & UPDATED! Section on psychotropic medications includes the addition of medications available since the last edition and the deletion of those discontinued.
* NEW! New content on factitious disorder ⢠Munchhausen syndrome ⢠working with military families.
* EXPANDED! More communication interventions in the care plans to reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication.
* NEW! Two additional rating scales in the appendixâŚThe Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.
Awarded second place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing category
â¨ISBN 10: 0803642377
â¨ISBN 13: 978-0803642379â¨
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Author(s): Mary C. Townsend
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Psychiatric Nursing: Assessment, Care Plans, and Medications, is the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. Itâs really two resources 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 settingsâŚfrom in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinicâŚto home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, tthe latest edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including the DSM-5, and all of todayâs new psychotropic medications.
Key Features
* 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 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.
* No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms.
New To This Edition
* UPDATED & REVISED! All content, thoroughly revised and updated, reflects the education and practice of nursing today.
* UPDATED! Coverage of psychiatric disorders reflects the DSM-5.
* EXPANDED & UPDATED! Section on psychotropic medications includes the addition of medications available since the last edition and the deletion of those discontinued.
* NEW! New content on factitious disorder ⢠Munchhausen syndrome ⢠working with military families.
* EXPANDED! More communication interventions in the care plans to reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication.
* NEW! Two additional rating scales in the appendixâŚThe Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.
Awarded second place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing category
â¨ISBN 10: 0803642377
â¨ISBN 13: 978-0803642379â¨
SUBSCRIPTION :
Please purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription to receive content access and available updates.
Yearly auto-renewing payments- $36.99
Payment will be charged to your mode of payment you select at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your App âSettingsâ and tapping âManage Subscriptionsâ. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable.
If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000
Privacy Policy - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx
Terms and Conditions - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx
Author(s): Mary C. Townsend
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
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