Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing, 7th Edition

By (author)  Mary C. Townsend

It’s really 2 books in 1. 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.

And, the concepts can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings…from inpatient hospitalization and the outpatient clinic…to home health and private practice.This title features: an introduction to Concept Mapping in Chapter 1; Care Map Care Plans; 7 new Appendices including Comparison of Developmental Theories, Stages of Grief, Psychosocial Therapies and Electroconvulsive Therapy; and, latest NANDA nomenclature. It is organized by DSM-IV 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.