Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing: Translating Evidence to Practice

Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing: Translating Evidence to Practice

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Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing: Translating Evidence to Practice


  • Index of Client Behaviors with page numbers listed on inside covers.

  • Concept Mapping and the use of Concept Care Map Plans introduced in Chapter 1.

  • Organized by DSM-5 and NANDA diagnoses.

  • Nursing diagnoses and interventions include the definition, possible etiologies ("Related to ..."), defining characteristics ("Evidenced by ..."), objectives broken down to show long- and short-term goals, interventions with selected rationales, and desired patient outcomes/discharge criteria.

  • Each psychiatric disorder lists background assessment data, predisposing factors, symptomatology, and nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions commonly associated with the disorder.

  • Unit on psychotropic drug classifications covers anti-anxiety agents, antidepressants, mood stabilizing agents, antipsychotics, antiparkinsonian drugs, sedative hypnotics, and agents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

  • Indications, route, and dosage listed for individual drugs as well as for classifications.

  • Communication interventions in the care plans reinforce the emphasis on therapeutic communication.

  • Clinical Pearl boxes highlight must-know information and interventions for diagnoses.

  • Helpful rating scales appear in the appendices, including the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.

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