Manual of psychiatric nursing care planning: assessment guides, diagnoses, psychopharmacology

A pocket-sized clinical companion, Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning, 4th Edition helps you assess psychiatric nursing clients, formulate nursingdiagnoses, and design psychiatric nursing care plans. It offers quick and easy access to information on care in a range of settings including the inpatientunit, home care, or community mental health setting. Expert author Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, RN, MA, provides a clinically based focus with the latest guidelines to psychiatric nursing care. Designed to accompany Foundations of MentalHealth Nursing, this book is a perfect reference for creating care plans and for clinical use. INDICE: Part I: Guidelines for Planning Psychiatric Nursing Care1. The Nursing Process and Assessment Tools for Psychiatric Nursing2. Maximizing Communication Skills3. Guidelines for the Nurse Conducting a Clinical InterviewPart II: Diagnosis and Care Planning4. Selected Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence5. Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders6. Depressive Disorders7. Bipolar Disorders8. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders9. Personality Disorders10. Addictions11. Eating Disorders12. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium and DementiaPart III: Psychiatric Emergencies and Forensic Issues13. Crisis Intervention and Rehabilitation14. Family Violence15. Sexual Assault16. Suicide Behaviors17. Anger and Aggression18. Grieving and Complicated GrievingPart IV: Challenging Behaviors19. Manipulative Behaviors20. Noncompliance (Nonadherence) to Medication orTreatmentPart V: Psychopharmacology21. Major Psychotropic Interventions and Patient and Family TeachingAppendix A ReferencesAppendix B Classification andFull AssessmentAppendix C Assessment Tools for Children and Adolescents Appendix D Assessment GuidesAppendix E Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)Appendix F Nursing Care in Electroconvulsive Therapy

• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1782-2
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 768
• Fecha Publicación: 12/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés