This text focused throughout on helping you develop the skills and knowledge you will need on the job, this practical book explores the full psychiatric nursing curriculum and gives you opportunities to practice specific nursing interventions, build therapeutic communication skills, and apply content within the framework of the nursing process. A study guide built into every chapter helps you master key concepts and build critical reasoning skills. This text helps you to identify major disorders through clinical vignettes that paint a picture of the disorder in action. it prepare you for effective practice with Best Practice boxes. it also increase your clinical decision-making skills with the Psych Nursing Online Video Series that shows realistic patient scenarios, and then asks you to make decisions and answer questions.
Accompanying CD-ROM has review questions for the NCLEX examination, interactive exercises, animations, and an audio glossary.
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.
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Doody's Review Service gives this book a Weighted Numerical Score of 90 - 4 Stars! "The book is comprehensive, well written, and full of resources. The Concept Mastery Alerts in the chapters help students focus on critical content.
Over 900 questions that include individual rationales for the correct and incorrect answers and test-taking tips Two, 75-question comprehensive exams online at DavisPlus Introductory chapter that focuses on applying critical thinking to ...
Gives readers a thorough grounding in the theory of mental health nursing. Case studies throughout the text allow readers to understand the application of theory in every day practice.
This affordably priced text additionally comes with supplementary materials for both teachers and students, including handy review guides, summaries, drug monographs, and hyperlinks to films and video illustrating content.
Provides a balanced nursing and medical approach with strong coverage of DSM-IV and related treatments. Nursing process is treated as a separate section in relevant chapters. Nursing process sections include...
Supplemental program workbook to the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing certification review course-workshop.
Comprehensive in its scope and one-of-a-kind in its delivery this is a valuable resource that informatively and accurately presents the realities of psychiatric nursing care.