Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans [Paperback]

Katherine M. Fortinash (Author), Patriciaa. Holoday-Worret (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995 | ISBN-10: 0815133391 | ISBN-13: 978-0815133391 | Edition: 2nd

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.

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Katherine M. Fortinash, RN, MSN, CS; Patricia A. Holoday-Worret, RN, MSN, CS --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 345 pages
• Publisher: Mosby-Year Book; 2nd edition (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815133391
• ISBN-13: 978-0815133391
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,693,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Psych Care Plans, June 4, 2002

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Melanie M Blunk (Smiths Grove, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans, 3e (Hardcover)

There is definately some very good information in this book. I guess I was hoping for a quick reference type of layout somewhere in the book. I have to go to the index and look up which illness I want to research plans of care for. I wish they had listed the medical diagnoses and then the possible nursing diagnoses. This has great information though that is pertinent to the care plan for the patient with psychiatric diagnoses. I keep it on my desk at work and refer to it often!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As A Nursing Student......., January 16, 2001

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"scott_pj" (Battle Creek, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans, 3e (Hardcover)

This book really helped me in preparing my care plans for class. Not only does it have care plan information, it also has guides for tests such as the Mini-Mental. It really helped me out.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Psych Care Plans., November 22, 2008

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R. Folger "rjfolger" (E. Bridgewater, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans, 5e (Fortinash, Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans) (Paperback)

This book was excellent in helping me to prepare my care plans for class. The CD was also a great aid.