Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing
- ISBN-10
- 0323014755
- ISBN-13
- 9780323014755
- Series
- Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing
- Category
- Nursing
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Author
- Gail Wiscarz Stuart
Description
This handy Pocket Guide is a practical clinical reference for both psychiatric nurses and nursing students. Organized according to the Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of health and wellness, the guide provides an arsenal of clinical tools to help you carefully conceptualize, plan, and document nursing care actions. Initial chapters offer a refresher of basic psychiatric care planning concepts useful for any patient, in any treatment setting. The remainder of the book provides a troubleshooting guide to specific psychiatric nursing care problems with dozens of treatment plan summaries and various other tools for the biological and sociological assessment of patients. The new edition includes the latest ANA psychiatric nursing standards for nursing care; NANDA and DSM-IV-TR diagnoses to provide nursing and medical perspectives of care; new summary tables of evidence-based treatments and evidence-based algorithms; and the new information on psychotropic medications, somatic treatments, and alternative therapies. Focuses on the essentials of psychiatric nursing and is organized around the nursing process, thus providing assistance with conceptualizing, planning, and documenting nursing care Nursing treatment plan summaries are featured throughout Part II Applying Principles in Nursing Practice, to provide for the clinical application of the nursing process to specific nursing care problems Psychiatric nursing care organized according to the Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of health and wellness, which is based on the stress-adaptation model Features unique Nurse Alert boxes that offer practical guidance and advice Includes valuable tools for the biological and sociocultural assessment of the psychiatric patient A Patient or Family Education Plan is included in each clinical chapter Offers the latest information on psychotropic drugs Both DSM-IV-TR medical and NANDA nursing diagnoses are provided, enabling the nurse to maintain a nursing focus while understanding the relationship with a medical approach "Your Internet Connection" listing web sites related to the focus of the chapters Presents nursing care according to the latest ANA psychiatric nursing standards Cites DSM text revision (DSM-IV-TR) material New tables summarize evidence based treatments of psychiatric disorders Includes evidence based algorithms that direct clinical care for psychiatric patients Offers updated content on all psychiatric disorders and interventions Contains latest information on psychotropic medications, somatic treatments, and alternative therapies
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