Help beginning nursing students gain the basic knowledge, therapeutic communication capabilities, and patient interaction skills to confidently prepare for psychiatric nursing practice. Easy to use and backed by the latest clinical evidence, Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing, 3rd Edition, is rich with clinical examples and explanations that help clarify challenging concepts and equip students for success as entry-level nurses. Whether used in dedicated psychiatric nursing courses or for integrating psychiatric nursing principles into an existing course, this engaging text establishes the fundamental understanding students need to effectively care for individuals with emotional and mental health problems in any healthcare setting. New and Updated Features NEW! Content helps students recognize and address the effects of COVID-19 on mental health and embrace changes in the practice and delivery of mental health nursing, such as virtual therapy. UPDATED! Coverage of veteran care empowers students to confidently manage specific mental health issues affecting military veterans and their families. UPDATED! Community nursing care coverage helps students make a confident transition to practice outside of traditional hospital settings, increasing their career prospects.
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.
-- Geared toward nursing programs that devote less than six weeks to psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Uses the stress-adaptation model as its conceptual framework -- Each disorder includes: historic and epidemiologic factors, background ...
-- 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 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.
Focusing in particular on helping students apply person-centred, compassionate and recovery-focused care, service-user voices and practical case studies are integrated throughout the book.
Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter. 6th ed. c2010.
The AJN Book of the Year award-winning textbook, Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice, is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth Edition.
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Taxonomy and diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 with references for each DSM-5 diagnosis Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) activities with guidelines for attaining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to fulfill the ...