This full-color book uses a concise format to provide a source of fundamental psychiatric/mental health nursing information for students working in psychiatric/mental health facilities. Nursing process is the framework within which delivery of nursing care is described for individuals diagnosed with disorders from the DSM-IV-TR 2000. A CD including learning activities, case studies with critical thinking questions, assessment tools, nearly 60 psychotropic med drug monographs, chapter review questions, care plans and critical pathways and client education teaching guides is included. The book also contains 21 sample Client Teaching Guides containing information related to psychotropic meds and psychiatric illnesses that can be reproduced for clients.
-- Uses the stress-adaptation model as its conceptual framework -- The latest classification of psychiatric disorders in DSM IV -- Access to 50 psychotropic drugs with client teaching guidelines on our website -- Each chapter based on DSM ...
This new edition continues to retain the reader-friendly style, emphasis on therapeutic communication, and the nursing process organization that was successful in the previous edition.
Take an evidence-based, holistic approach to mental health nursing ... with the text that's concise, engaging, and informative.
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This full-color book uses a concise format to provide a source of fundamental psychiatric/mental health nursing information for students working in psychiatric/mental health facilities.
Practical Examples: The book contains examples from routine clinical scenarios, making it more attention-grabbing to read and understand to readers.
Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter. 6th ed. c2010.
"Mental health crises are increasingly affecting individuals, families and communities. Opioid abuse is now of epidemic proportions. Suicide is touching families in small towns and large communities"--
Rosenheck, R. R., Krystal, J. H., Lew, R., Barnett, P. G., Fiore, L., et al. (2011). Long-acting risperidone and oral antipsychotics in unstable schizophrenia. New England Journal of Medicine, 364, 842–851. Rothschild, A.J. (Ed.).
This focused approach to psychiatric mental health provides you with an uncomplicated way to understand the often-intimidating subject of psychiatric nursing.