Psychiatric-mental Health Nursing

• New! Unfolding Patient Stories written by the National League for Nursing put the nursing process in a realistic context to prepare you for successful client interactions and interventions.
• Clinical Vignettes familiarize you with the features of major disorders you are likely to encounter in practice. 
• Therapeutic Dialogues help you perfect your communication skills with specific examples of nurse-client interactions.
• Best Practice boxes provide the latest evidence-based findings in psychiatric nursing.
• Self-Awareness features foster your personal and professional development through self-reflection.
• Concept Mastery Alerts clarify important concepts essential to your classroom and clinical success.
• Watch and Learn icons point you to corresponding true-to-life Lippincott® Theory to Practice Video Series videos for a richer understanding of important mental health disorders.
• Built-In Study Guide reinforces your understanding with multiple-choice questions, multiple-response questions and clinical examples at the end of each chapter.
• Nursing Care Plans demonstrate effective approaches for addressing specific client disorders.
• Drug Alerts highlight essential concerns related to psychotropic drugs.
• Warning boxes alert you to FDA considerations for specific medications.
• Cultural Considerations help you ensure culturally sensitive care for a wide range of client populations.
• Elder Considerations sections prepare you to care for the growing population of older adults.
• Client/Family Education boxes boost your teaching capabilities.
• Nursing Interventions etail key treatment strategies for specific disorders.
• DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria boxes summarize the medical diagnostic features of specific disorders.

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