Lippincott’s Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans: A Comprehensive Resource for Nursing Students and Professionals

By Judith M. Schultz and Sheila L. Videbeck, this outstanding manual is an indispensable resource for nursing students and practicing nurses alike. The ninth edition of Lippincott’s Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans offers 52 comprehensive nursing care plans that address the most commonly encountered behaviors in psychiatric-mental health nursing.

Introducing Students to Clinical Psychiatric Experience

This manual serves as an excellent tool to introduce students to clinical psychiatric experience, effectively demonstrating the application of the nursing process in psychiatric nursing. It provides suggestions for specific interventions, accompanied by rationales, to address particular behaviors, thereby giving students a solid foundation to build their clinical skills.

Customizable Care Plans for Individualized Nursing Care

Covering a range of problems and approaches, the care plans are designed to be adapted and individualized to plan nursing care for each client. This flexibility ensures that students can develop personalized care plans that cater to the unique needs of their patients.

New Features in the Ninth Edition

The ninth edition has been thoroughly updated to include new information on:

• Complementary and alternative medicine
• Using the internet in psychiatric nursing
• Psychopharmacology, including side effects of medications and related nursing interventions
• Schizoid, histrionic, narcissistic, and avoidant personality disorders

This revised edition provides students and professionals with the most up-to-date knowledge and practices in psychiatric-mental health nursing.

With 408 pages of comprehensive content, Lippincott’s Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans is an essential resource for anyone pursuing a career in psychiatric nursing.