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Psychiatric • Mental Health
Lippincott’sHandbook forPsychiatricNursingand
CarePlanning
LippincottWilliams&Wilkins
978-1-58255-730-4 • January2009 • Spiralbound •4.25” x7.125” •640pp.
This portable, spiralbound handbook is a user-friendly guide to drug
dosages, assessment tools, careplans, andother clinical information in
psychiatrichealth care. It provides aquick-referenceapproach toneed-
to-know, critical information for clinical practice.
The unique full-color design enables readers to quickly access the
information theyneed inany setting.
Features
• Consistent presentationwithinandacross sections facilitates
student understandingandallows for easynavigation.
• Contains34 commonlyusedassessment toolsmore than the
competition.
• 84 individual drugmonographs provide comprehensivedrug
information inaneasy tounderstand format.
• 28 careplans integrateNANDA /NIC /NOC labels, enabling
students tobecome familiarwith the languageof nursing.
• Coverageof treatments prepares students for using the correct
approacheswithpatients ina clinical setting.
Table of Contents
Section1:
FoundationalConceptsof
Psychiatric-MentalHealthNursing
Section2:
Assessment, Interviewing,
andCommunication
Section3:
TherapeuticModalities
Section4:
Psychopharmacology
Section5:
MentalHealthand
PsychiatricDisorders
Section6:
EmergencySituations
Section7:
Special Situations
IncludedAssessmentTools
1: General AssessmentTools
2: AnxietyAssessmentTools
3:DementiaAssessmentTools
4:MoodDisorder AssessmentTools
5: SubstanceDisorder AssessmentTools
IncludedDrugMonographs
1: Antidepressants
2: Antipsychotics
3: Anxiolytics and Sedative-hypnotics
4: Cognitive Enhancers
5:Mood Stabilizers
6: Stimulants /Nonstimulants
7:Miscellaneous Agents