Full Description
A thoughtful, portable clinical companion, Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning: Assessment Guides, Diagnoses, Psychopharmacology, 6th Edition, provides you with the latest diagnostic information available, including the DSM-5 and NANDA, for accurate assessment and diagnosis of patients. This clinically-based guide offers quick and easy access to the latest psychiatric nursing care planning guidelines for a range of settings including the inpatient unit, home care, or community mental health setting. Designed to accompany Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, the refreshed and updated edition is a perfect reference for learning to create psychiatric nursing care plans.A thoroughly revised patient centered assessment, including the DSM-5, supplies you with the latest diagnostic information available for accurate assessment and diagnosis of patients.The latest patient problems, assessment and treatment strategies, and psychotropic drug information keep you up-to-date with the most current information.Care plans containing patient problems, etiology, assessment findings/diagnostic cues, outcome criteria, and interventions and rationales provide guidance for supporting patients with a wide range of psychiatric alterations.Talk-based therapies covered and referred to in a dedicated chapter on psychotherapeutic models.Promising brain stimulation therapies are addressed in a separate chapterNEW! A separate sleep disorder chapter addresses alterations present in all psychiatric disorders.NEW! Updated medications equip you with the latest information on medications used with psychiatric patients.NEW! Updated, refreshed, and refined Manual improves overall design and reduces extraneous content to focus on essential clinical information.
Contents
Part I1. The Nursing Process2. Therapeutic Relationships3. Therapeutic CommunicationPart II: Nursing Care 4. Neurodevelopmental Disorders5. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders6. Bipolar Disorders7. Depressive Disorders8. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders9. Trauma-Related Disorders10. Eating Disorders11. Sleep Disorders 12. Substance Disorders13. Neurocognitive Disorders14. Personality Disorders Part III: Psychiatric Crises15. Dying, Death, and Grief16. Suicide 17. Crisis Intervention18. Anger, Aggression, and Violence19. Family Violence20. Sexual ViolencePart IV: Psychopharmacology21. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Medications22. Antipsychotics23. Mood-Stabilizers24. Antidepressants25. Antianxiety Medications26. Sleep Promoting Medications27. Substance Use Disorder Medications28. Neurocognitive MedicationsPart V: Nonpharmacological Approaches29. Psychotherapeutic Models30. Brain Stimulation Therapies ReferencesAppendix A Mental Status AssessmentAppendix B Assessment ToolsAppendix C Development StagesAppendix D DSM-5 Medical DiagnosesIndex
