Psychiatric Care Plans

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Specializes in Mental Health.

I have already completed a Fundamentals and a Med-Surg semester and have no problems with care plans.

However I am a little unsure of how to structure a Psychiatric care plan.

Is there anything different involved.

(P.S. Dx = disorganized schizophrenia)

I would really appreciate the help! :nurse:

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

same as med-surg plan @ my school.

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Fortunately, after the foundational course in my program (albeit a brand new program) they pretty much gave up on making us do care plans. There just isn't a need for us to take a singular sheet of paper and write a NANDA diagnosis, interventions, and evaluations. That should all be a mental process, and it is. However, when we had to write out ones with psych issues we did it just like the others. They can seem a bit flaky though after you read it, but that's how they all are, I guess.

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