Pocket Guide to Townsend's Psychiatric Nursing, 12th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781719648509 ISBN-10: 1719648506 Copyright: 2024 Edition: 12th Author: Morgan, Karyn I. Doody's Expert Review    Score: 96 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Kathryn Vieira,  DNP  (Monmouth University School of Nursing and Health Studies) Description This pocket-sized guide offers information and resources to facilitate psychiatric mental health assessments and formulation of related care plans by mental health nursing students and other nurse clinicians. It is organized for easy reference by client behaviors, psychiatric mental health categories, and DSM-5-TR psychiatric diagnoses. There are four units in the book which cover broad categories in psychiatric mental health nursing. The chapters following each unit provide specific information central to the creation of a psychiatric nursing care plan. The appendices provide psychiatric mental health screening tools, algorithms, and other assessment resources. The previous edition was published in 2021. Purpose The purpose of this book is to provide a pocket-sized, comprehensive reference to facilitate the formulation of nursing care plans for a variety of clients presenting with psychiatric mental health disorders. The chapters following each of the four sections provide specific information central to creation of the evidence-based, client focused, psychiatric nursing care plan. This book definitely meets the its objectives. Audience This pocket-sized guide can be utilized by nursing students, novices, and experienced nurses in a variety of settings where psychiatric clients may be seen. It provides the data needed to formulate comprehensive care plans based on DSM-5-TR psychiatric diagnoses, related symptomology, NANDA-I nursing diagnoses, and contains the evidence-based data to guide the nursing process throughout the care plan. The author is a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and Professor Emerita at the University of Akron in Ohio. She has authored previous editions of this pocket guide as well as multiple editions of the accompanying textbook. Features This book presents specific DSM-5-TR diagnoses with their related definitions, predisposing factors, and symptomology. Presentation of predisposing factors offers the clinician suggestions for patient and family teaching for primary prevention of disease and secondary prevention through screening. The book presents NANDA-I nursing diagnoses related to each medical diagnosis in the following format: related to; evidenced by; goals and objectives; interventions with rationales; and outcome criteria. This format lends itself to the creation of a comprehensive nursing care plan. Unit 1 discusses the nursing process, Unit 2 the childhood origins of most psychiatric disorders, Unit 3 community and psychosocial topics, and Unit 4 psychotropic medications. The book discusses in detail the use of alternative medicine or therapies and care of special and vulnerable populations and lists psychiatric medications by category with related medications following each category. Assessment This pocket-sized guide is a valuable clinical resource that provides information on numerous psychiatric mental health disorders. It serves its purpose to help nursing students and professional nurses formulate care plans necessary to produce optimal patient outcomes. The twelfth edition has been updated with current evidence-based recommended treatments, drug therapies, and associated nursing interventions presented in a quick reference format. This justifies replacing the previous edition. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 10 ©2025 Doody Enterprises, Inc.