Psychiatric Carer Plans

Includes up-to-date DSM IV terminology, with 40 care plan guidelines that should help nurses and nursing students identify appropriate nursing diagnoses and prioritize nursing interventions in the care of the psychiatric client within both community and institutional settings.

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This text includes up-to-date DSM IV terminology, with 40 care plan guidelines that should help nurses and nursing students identify appropriate nursing diagnoses and prioritize nursing interventions in the care of the psychiatric client within both community and institutional settings. The book includes critical pathways for working in case management situations. Focusing on wellness, the book uses a decision-making model to apply the nursing process to psychiatric clients and their significant others, including members of their extended families.