Product Description

The most comprehensive psychiatric nursing care planning text available assists students and practitioners in providing effective care in a variety of settings. Clear presentation of information, consistent use of the nursing process, correlation of nursing and medical diagnoses, and prioritization of interventions make this text an invaluable resource. Grounded in the latest classification of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and the most current list of NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, this text covers a wide range of disorders, their psychopathology, and appropriate nursing interventions with rationales. Care plans use real clinical situations and include therapeutic and nontherapeutic dialogue examples to familiarize nurses with likely scenarios and equip them with the tools they need to feel confident in any clinical setting.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #292821 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

Customer Reviews

excellent all-rounder for mental health nursing students
i've looked through all the current texts which give an overview of mental health nursing and this one beats the others hands down. it's exceptionally readable (worthy without being wordy) and contains many useful features such as therapeutic against non-therapeutic nursing interventions, concise yet thorough information on the full range of mental health problems and, of course, many excellent care plan examples.

this book supercedes any other textbook about the basics of psychiatric nursing.