Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice

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• Taxonomy and diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 with references for each DSM-5 diagnosis


• Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) activities with guidelines for attaining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to fulfill the initiative’s core competencies


• Therapeutic communication icon that highlights talking points and interventions in the care plans to help students feel more comfortable with patients


• Homework assignments at the beginning of each chapter to encourage critical reading


• Emphasis on holistic nursing to emphasize the physical, spiritual, and cultural aspects of psychiatric/mental health nursing


• Core concepts listed at the beginning of each chapter and defined in boxes throughout the text


• Concept map care plans for all major psychiatric diagnoses


• Care Plans for clients with DSM-5 diagnoses featuring interventions and rationales for commonly observed nursing diagnoses


• ANA standards for clinical practice for DSM diagnoses and therapeutic interventions, as well as for aging individuals, bereaved individuals, and victims of abuse and neglect


• Boxes highlighting client/family education communications and tables listing important topics for discussion including client/family education


• Case studies and exercises designed to stimulate critical thinking

 

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