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

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Not Available
ISBN: 978-0-8036-6055-7
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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