Synopsis:
- List of films in the DSM chapters that portray individuals with specific mental disorders.
- Index of Client Behaviors with page numbers listed on inside covers.
- Concept Mapping and the use of Care Map Plans introduced in Chapter 1.
- Organized by DSM-IV and NANDA diagnoses.
- Nursing diagnoses and interventions include the definition, possible etiologies ("Related to ..."), defining characteristics ("Evidenced by ..."), objectives broken down to show long- and short-term goals, interventions with selected rationales, and desired patient outcomes/discharge criteria.
- Unit on psychotropic drug classifications covers anti-anxiety agents, antidepressants, antimanic agents, antipsychotics, antiparkinsonian drugs, sedative hypnotics, and central nervous system stimulants.
- Each drug classification lists background assessment data, predisposing factors, symptomatology, and nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions.
- Indications, route, and dosage listed for individual drugs as well as for classifications.
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