Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : concepts of care in evidence-based practice
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Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : concepts of care in evidence-based practice
F.A. Davis, c2008
4th ed
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Psychiatric mental health nursing
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The 4th Edition of this popular text clearly and concisely presents the fundamentals of psychiatric nursing in a user friendly design and reader-friendly writing style that reflects the voice of a single author.Continued emphasis on holistic nursing and mind/body connection includes both physical and psychosocial nursing diagnoses for physiological disorders (e.g., asthma, migraine headache, hypertension) and for psychological disorders (such as somatoform and eating disorders).It includes a brand-new chapter - Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. It provides discussions of concept mapping and concept map care plans for all major psychiatric disorders. It provides up-to-date coverage of the latest psychotropic drugs. It features "Core Concept" boxes in all chapters.It provides updated NANDA terminology. It includes in-depth content on the bereaved individual, dementia, disaster nursing, and suicide, as well as psychosocial therapies. It provides comprehensive, information on psychotropic medications.
It provides twenty-one sample "Client Teaching Guides" for psychotropic medications and psychiatric illnesses which then can be reproduced for use in patient education. It provides "Implications of Research for Evidence-Based Practice" for specific nursing interventions. It includes "Test Your Critical Thinking Skills" boxes with case studies and exercises. It includes appendices with DSM-IV-TR classifications, NANDA diagnoses and behaviors, critical pathways, and guidelines for mental health assessment, as well as a complete glossary.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to Psychiatric/Mental Health Concepts
- 2. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Interventions
- 3. Care of Clients with Psychiatric Disorders
- 4. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing of Special Populations
- Appendices.
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