Book Description
This study guide offers dozens of self-study exercises, puzzles, and review questions.
Author : Linda Carman Copel
Publisher : Springhouse Corporation
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780874347203
This study guide offers dozens of self-study exercises, puzzles, and review questions.
Author : Elizabeth M. Varcarolis
Publisher : Saunders
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 1999-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780721688671
Author : Elizabeth M. Varcarolis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Mental illness
ISBN : 9780721683362
This new pocket guide makes it easy to assess psychiatric nursing clients, formulate nursing diagnoses, and design appropriate nursing care plans! The content is clinically based and contains detailed information for use in the inpatient unit, community mental health setting, or home care setting.Following an overview of psychosocial nursing care planning, communication and counseling, and the clinical interview, individual chapters examine a full range of psychiatric syndromes.
Author : Sudha Patel
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 144961356X
Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills guides nursing students and practicing nurses towards enhancing fundamental psychiatric nursing skills competency in specific assessment and interventions for the selected psychiatric disorders. A nursing skill book in a manual format, this text is handy at the clinical site and encourages readers to translate their theoretical knowledge and psychiatric nursing skills into clinical practice. Topics include therapeutic communication techniques, assessment and interventions for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and suicide attempts, and crisis management skills for psychiatric emergencies. Included in the appendices are essential insights into ego defense mechanisms, Erickson’s Psychosocial Developmental Stages, Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development, and Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development.
Author : Jacqueline Rhoads, PhD, APRN-BC, CNL-BC, PMHNP-BE, FAANP
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 31,68 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0826161847
Convenient, practical, and portable Revised and updated, the second edition of this practical resource remains the only advanced practice guide to provide an overview of the major DSM-5 disorders across the lifespan and complete clinical guidelines for their psychopharmacologic management. Compiled by expert practitioners in psychiatric care and pharmacy, it is designed specifically for use by nurse practitioners and other primary caregivers in clinical practice. Organized for quick access to key information, the resource includes the clinical features of each disorder and symptoms and information about the most current and effective drugs for its management. Tables delineate the first and second lines of drug therapy along with adjunctive therapies for each disorder. Drugs are organized according to classification and include the essential information needed to safely prescribe and monitor a patient’s response to a particular drug. Brand and generic names, drug class, customary dosage, side effects, drug interactions, pharmacokinetics, precautions, and management of special populations are also addressed. Convenient, practical, and portable, this guide will be a welcome and frequently used resource. Key Features: Delivers psychopharmacological treatment guidelines for major DSM-5 disorders and parameters for drug use Prioritizes drugs according to their clinical efficacy and recommended treatment algorithms Includes brand and generic names, dosages, side effects, drug interactions, pharmacokinetics, precautions, and management of special populations Provides easy-to-read tables for quick clinical consultation Offers information on clinical algorithms, lab evaluation, and preventive services Addresses medical and legal pitfalls
Author : Gail Wiscarz Stuart
Publisher : Mosby
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 36,48 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Based on: Principles and practice of psychiatric nursing. 8th ed. c2005.
Author : Laura G. Leahy
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 158562991X
Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Nurses offers a holistic approach to psychopharmacological prescribing from a nursing perspective and is the only text designed especially for Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (P.M.H.-A.P.R.N.s). The Manual is grounded in the belief that given their nursing background and their personalized approach to the individual, P.M.H.-A.P.R.N.s are uniquely qualified to offer symptom-based treatment within the context of an individual's medical and psychological care. A comprehensive resource for advanced practice nurses, mental health practitioners, general practitioners, and consumers, this book possesses many useful features, including the following: A logical, easy-to-use format that guides the reader through the most common psychiatric conditions, presenting the diagnostic criteria and neurobiology of the relevant disorder, pharmacological choices and recommendations on monitoring, side effects to consider, and treatment of special populations, including those with medical illnesses. A special chapter devoted to culturally sensitive psychopharmacology that offers information on the role of culture in mental health, wellness, and illness and provides culturally sensitive assessment techniques and other treatment strategies PMH nurses can use to minimize stigma; address health care disparities; and improve patient adherence, satisfaction, and outcomes. A chapter that addresses complementary and alternative pharmacotherapies -- vital because a significant percentage of patients may be using herbal preparations, which present serious implications for the prescribing clinician. Appendices covering drug dosing equivalencies, pharmacogenetics, psychiatric rating scales, and other helpful resources. The core philosophy of the advanced practice nursing field is that health care should be individualized, focusing not only on patients' conditions but also on the effects those conditions have on patients' lives and the lives of their families. The Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Nurses offers readers the most current information on psychopharmacological treatment in an accessible, easy-to-use format grounded in the principles and practices of holistic nursing.
Author : Ruth Parmelee Rawlins
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Author : Mary C Townsend
Publisher : F.A. Davis
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0803643950
Here’s the most complete and easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individualized plans of care for psychiatric and mental health patients. It’s really two books in one! 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 in-patient hospitalization through the outpatient clinic…to home health and private practice. Completely revised and updated throughout, the 9th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge and new medications in the field, including the DSM-5, all of today’s new psychotropic medications, and the 2012-2014 content in the NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II.
Author : Darlene D Pedersen
Publisher : F.A. Davis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 2017-01-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0803675844
Crucial, on-the-go drug information! From alprazolam to zolpidem—this handy guide delivers quick access to the important pharmacologic content for 80 psychotropic drugs. Organized by generic name, each monograph covers indications (including off-label use