Contemporary Practice
SEVENTH EDITION
Mary Ann Boyd, PhD, DNS, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Professor Emerita
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois
Rebecca Luebbert, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Primary Care & Health Systems
Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois
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Names: Boyd, M. (Mary Ann), author. Luebbert, R. (Rebecca)
Title: Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice/Mary Ann Boyd & Rebecca Luebbert
Description: Seventh edition. | Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017024303 | ISBN 9781975161187
Subjects: | MESH: Mental Disorders–nursing | Nursing Care–methods | Psychiatric Nursing–methods
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