Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing - Softcover

Townsend, Mary C.; Morgan, Karyn I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803660553 ISBN 13: 9780803660557

Verlag: F.A. Davis Company, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

• 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 NANDA 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.
• Communication interventions in the care plans reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication.
• Clinical Pearl boxes highlight must-know information and interventions for diagnoses.
• Helpful rating scales appear in the appendices, including the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: F.A. Davis Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803660553
• ISBN 13: 9780803660557
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 706
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar