Text Box: Vital information on selected topics is structured in text boxes. Brief, concise and lucid summary on key topics facilitate ease of learning. Clinical Experts: The editor have managed to persuade clinical experts to give their insight in writing common reported psychiatric disorders, making this a comprehensive psychiatry text. Practical Examples: The book contains examples from routine clinical scenarios, making it more attention-grabbing to read and understand to readers. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): A set of multiple-choice questions included, placed at the end of each chapter. These will be helpful for students and can be used as a quick revision tools during examination. Appendices: An entire section of common psychiatric nursing procedures has been added, making this a more comprehensive to read. Nursing Care Plan: Common and major psychiatric disorders are supplemented with nursing care plans. It can be beneficial and used as ready reference templets by nursing students to plan and write nursing care plan in clinical setting. Updated Text: Text book contains recent updates and trends in psychiatry, making reader to aware of current change in the field.
ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, FIRST EDITION.
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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KEY FEATURES: Places mental health conditions and interventions within a wider holistic context Situates recovery at the centre of mental health nursing practice Links key concepts to mental health across the lifespan Contains learning ...
Elder abuse is much more complex than a perpetrator—victim model; caring for the elderly involves a complex dynamic because of conflicting needs of the caregiver and the elderly (Phillips, 1986). Inventions that include respite care and ...
The intent was not to be exhaustive or comprehensive, but to distill the content to a "need to know" form. This book is a complete reference for DSM IV-TR disorders.
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Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter. 6th ed. c2010.
The book addresses core competency issues, including communication skills, system-based aspects of care, and professionalism and focuses on innovative areas of psychiatry including patient-centered care practices and new therapies.
A 100-question final exam at the end of the book.