Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans

Presents care plans to assist students and practitioners in providing effective psychiatric nursing care. This edition contains chapters on adjustment disorders and eating disorders and incorporates new content on dual diagnosis in a chapter on chemical dependence.

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This text presents consistent, comprehensive care plans to assist students and practitioners in providing effective psychiatric nursing care. Its combination of theoretical and practical aspects guides readers in applying their knowledge to clinical experiences. It features information about disorders, such as aetiology, epidemiology, defining features, risk factors and outcome criteria, to provide users with a fundamental knowledge base to understand the implementation of the interventions. The work also discusses both nursing and medical diagnoses as frameworks for care to emphasize the necessary collaboration of both fields in effective patient care. This edition contains chapters on adjustment disorders and eating disorders and incorporates new content on dual diagnosis in a chapter on chemical dependence.