Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing

Students and psychiatric nurses will sharpen their diagnostic skills from the extensively updated revision of Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing. Covers predisposing factors, symptomatology, possible nursing etiologies, defining characteristics, goals, interventions, and discharge criteria for the more common psychiatric disorders. Focuses on the severely ill in an acute care setting and discusses applications in the outpatient and community setting. Bibliography/Appendices.