For 130 psychiatric nursing diagnoses, nurses find definition, assessment criteria, defining characteristics, associated medical diagnoses, patient outcomes, interventions with rationales, documentation, and evaluation criteria. Also included is a section on geriatric mental health. All care plans are organized alphabetically within life-cycle sections. A psychiatric diagnosis cross-reference allows nurses to find appropriate care plans with ease. Contents include an overview of the nursing process, adult psychiatric care, child and adolescent plans of care, geriatric plans of care, psychiatric disorders and their nursing diagnoses, psychotropic drugs, NANDA Taxonomy I revised, selected references, index.
Designed to accompany Foundations of Mental Health Nursing, this book is a perfect reference for creating care plans and for clinical use.
Designed to accompany Foundations of Mental Health Nursing, this book is a perfect reference for creating care plans and for clinical use.
This invaluable pocket guide equips readers with clinical tools to help conceptualize, plan, and document nursing care actions - based on the Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of health and wellness...
Onset of depression develops from days to weeks, unlike Alzheimer's disease, which is insidious. The most distinguishing symptoms of depression are depressed mood, hopelessness, and loss of interest or pleasure (anhedonia), ...
It’s really 2 books in 1!
Psychiatric Nursing Diagnosis Care Plans for DSM-IV
Nursing Diagnoses and Process in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
This new edition continues to retain the reader-friendly style, emphasis on therapeutic communication, and the nursing process organization that was successful in the previous edition.
Psychiatric Nursing Diagnosis Care Plans for DMS-III-R
Accompanying CD-ROM has blank concept diagrams and care plans.