Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans (5th ed)

by JudithM.Schultz (Author), SheilaDarkVidebeck (Editor), SheilaL.DarkVidebeck (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $13.49

  This supplemental text/reference presents 53 nursing care plans that address the most commonly-encountered behaviours and behaviour complexes among adult and adolescent clients in psychiatric mental health nursing. Readers should be able to identify a client's problem easily by locating either the nursing diagnosis or the client's symptom. Coverage includes basic psychiatric nursing concepts, issues and interventions, and the text's Nursing Process focus utilizes NANDA nursing diagnoses. Therapeutic goals link assessment data and expected client outcomes, and expected outcomes are prioritized into initial and discharge , stressing client safety first. New to this edition are: two sections in Basic Concepts - Guidelines for Delivering Culturally Competent Care and Health Promotion and Early Interventions for Care-Givers ; outcomes-focused care; multiplicity of care-settings, including home care and partial hospitalization; case management, including critical pathways and transitions into the community; and updating of psychopharmacology content.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.50

  This student-friendly resource, now in its eighth edition, contains 52 nursing care plans that address the most commonly encountered behaviors in psychiatric-mental health nursing. This new edition maintains the strong focus on interdisciplinary care, community resources, communication, and assessment. Plus, updated features include: expanded content on evidence-based outcomes, increased coverage of the grieving process, expanded psycho pharmacology content, ANA standards of care, support group information, and screening tools. In addition to these great features, the accompanying CD-ROM and online resource offers printable nursing care plans, customizable assessment tool and psychotropic drug monographs.