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ISBN-10: 0803616112 | ISBN-13: 978-0803616110 | Publication Date: October 10, 2007 | Edition: 4th

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Paperback: 792 pages
Publisher: F.A. Davis Company; 4th edition (October 10, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803616112
ISBN-13: 978-0803616110
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing book with CD, January 9, 2007

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Great Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing book with CD. I highly recommend this book for nursing students taking Psych. The CD has very useful questions. A must have...for nursing students.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book worth its title, October 2, 2005

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It is a comprehensive but detailed text book with the necessary informations organized in a better way so that the reader could get the information he wanted without any fuss.
The book is worth every cent I paid for. I would recommend this book with pride.

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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, February 25, 2006

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Textbook is excellent. It comes with a disk that has the workbook on it and it is really helpful.

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
background assessment data, selected nursing diagnoses, psychiatric home health nurse, primary nursing diagnosis, dysfunctional grieving related, verbalize resources, possible nursing diagnoses, most appropriate nursing intervention, priority nursing intervention, manic client, appropriate nursing diagnoses, priority nursing diagnosis, maladaptive eating behaviors, common nursing diagnoses, clients receiving therapy, following nursing diagnoses, ego evidenced, appropriate nursing interventions, etiological implications, surgeons complete home guide, medical treatment modalities, imbalanced nutrition, associative looseness, regarding predisposing factors, disturbed sensory perception

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United States, New York, Outcome Criteria Nursing Interventions Rationale Client, American Psychiatric Association, Harvard Medical School, Alcoholics Anonymous, American Psychiatric Publishing, Implementation Table, Lippincott Williams, American Nurses Association, Retrieved February, National Institute of Mental Health, Results of the Study, Native American, Retrieved May, Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, Outcome Identification Nursing, Conference of Mayors, Retrieved March, Evaluation Reassessment, Retrieved April, Social Security, Family Education Related, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, American Nurses Publishing

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