Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing: Assessment, Care Plans and Medications

Editor/Author Townsend, Mary C. and Morgan, Karyn I.
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: F.A.Davis Company

Single-User Purchase Price: $50.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: Not Available
ISBN: 978-0-8036-6055-7
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Book Status: Available
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Heres the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe prescription and administration of psychotropic medications.

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Table of Contents

    • Consultants
    • Contributor
    • Reviewers
    • Acknowledgments
    • How to Use This Book
    • UNIT ONE THE FOUNDATION FOR PLANNING PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE
    • The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
    • UNIT TWO ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION
    • Disorders Commonly Associated with Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
    • Neurocognitive Disorders
    • Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
    • Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
    • Depressive Disorders
    • Bipolar and Related Disorders
    • Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
    • Traumaand Stressor-Related Disorders
    • Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
    • Dissociative Disorders
    • Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
    • Eating Disorders
    • Personality Disorders
    • UNIT THREE SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHIATRIC/ MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
    • Problems Related to Abuse or Neglect
    • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
    • Homelessness
    • Psychiatric Home Nursing Care
    • Forensic Nursing
    • Complementary Therapies
    • Loss and Bereavement
    • Military Families
    • UNIT FOUR PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS
    • Antianxiety Agents
    • Antidepressants
    • Mood-Stabilizing Agents
    • Antipsychotic Agents
    • Antiparkinsonian and Tardive Dyskinesia Agents
    • Sedative-Hypnotics
    • Agents Used to Treat Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
    • APPENDICES
    • A. Comparison of Developmental Theories
    • B. Ego Defense Mechanisms
    • C. Levels of Anxiety
    • D. Stages of Grief
    • E. Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication
    • F. Psychosocial Therapies
    • G. Electroconvulsive Therapy
    • H. Medication Assessment Tool
    • I. Cultural Assessment Tool
    • J. DSM-5 Classification: Categories and Codes
    • K. Mental Status Assessment
    • L. Assigning Nursing Diagnoses to Client Behaviors
    • M. Brief Mental Status Evaluation
    • N. FDA Pregnancy Categories
    • O. DEA Controlled Substances Schedules
    • P. Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
    • Q. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS)
    • R. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)
    • S. NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II
    • Bibliography