Book Description
The new edition of this popular text offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style engage the reader in a learning process that both informs and enlightens. Clinical chapters progress consistently and logically from theory to application. Specific psychobiological disorders are organized from moderate to severe along the mental health continuum. The nursing process is the strong, visible framework throughout.
JA Majors Book Info
Professor Emeritus, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY. Brandon/Hill Nursing List selection (#328.) Textbook features a stronger clinical emphasis than the previous edition, c1998. Uses the DSM-IV-TR 2000 taxonomy categories and criteria, NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, and NIC/NOC taxonomies. New chapters are included. DNLM: Mental Disorders--nursing.
