Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Psychiatric**

Get easy-to-use guidelines to psychiatric nursing care in this quick clinical reference! Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care, 7th Edition provides an interprofessional approach to care based on patient problems and the latest DSM-5 criteria. It helps you plan evidence-based, individualized nursing care for a range of settings including the inpatient unit, home care, or community care. Clear, concise coverage focuses on the nursing process, summarizing topics from disorders and psychiatric crises to psychopharmacology. From noted educators Margaret Jordan Halter and Christina A. Fratena, this manual is a perfect clinical reference companion for creating psychiatric nursing care plans.DSM-5-based psychiatric diagnoses, criteria, and organization help you with accurate assessment and diagnosis of patientsClinical coverage of major psychiatric disorders simplifies often-complex material to the essentialsPrioritized care plans for psychiatric nursing diagnoses include assessment findings/diagnostic cues, nursing diagnosis, etiology, outcome criteria, and interventions with rationalesChapters on psychopharmacology provide essential information on drugs such as antipsychotics and antidepressantsCoverage of brain stimulation therapies includes electroconvulsive therapy and vagus nerve stimulationAssessment guides include tables, charts, and questionnaires to help with patient diagnosis and careNEW! International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) nursing diagnoses, from the　International Council of Nurses, include straightforward, evidence-based terminology that is easily translatable across settings and disciplinesNEW! Updated guidelines promote evidence-based practice for psychiatric nursing careNEW! Current FDA-approved medications and biological treatments include brain stimulation therapies for psychiatric disorders and conditionsNEW! Additional information is provided on opioids, the opioid overdose crisis, and implications for psychiatric nursing careNEW! Updated coverage of the role of technology in psychiatric care includes telepsychiatry, social media, and websitesNEW appendix outlines up-to-date complementary and alternative approaches to patient care