Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

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New Psych Nursing Textbook -- Fully Interactive with Companion Website! Psychiatric Nursing provides a focused, thorough introduction to psychiatric-mental health nursing, including nursing assessment and intervention of the most common mental disorders as classified in the DSM-IV. This text guides nurses in managing special populations, clarifying neurobiologic theories, and conducting psychiatric nursing evaluations. Additionally, Psychiatric Nursing presents the latest on psychotropic drugs, addresses legal and ethical concerns within psychiatric nursing, and discusses complementary and alternative therapies. Complete list linking most recent NANDA Nursing Diagnoses with the most common DSM-IV disorders -- Allows for quick comparison!