Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach
The 6th edition of this market-leading textbook offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric mental health nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style help you quickly master key concepts. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application with a wealth of real-world examples to prepare you for practice.\ • UNIQUE! A conversational, user-friendly writing style helps...
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The 6th edition of this market-leading textbook offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric mental health nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style help you quickly master key concepts. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application with a wealth of real-world examples to prepare you for practice.• UNIQUE! A conversational, user-friendly writing style helps you quickly grasp complex psychiatric mental health nursing concepts.• Clinical chapters are logically and consistently organized with sections on the clinical picture, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and application of the nursing process.• Clinical chapters follow the nursing process, providing you with consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.• Vignettes prepare you for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterizations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.• Coverage of psychopharmacology in clinical chapters familiarizes you with specific drug treatment options, including the most commonly used drugs and important nursing considerations for their use.• Assessment Guidelines boxes list essential guidelines for comprehensive patient assessment.• Case Studies with Nursing Care Plans present individualized histories of patients with specific psychiatric disorders and include interventions with rationales and evaluation statements for each patient goal.• A separate chapter on cultural implications, as well as Considering Culture boxes throughout the text, provides essential information on culture, worldviews, and techniques for providing culturally competent care.• Coverage of treatment and recovery in the community addresses the need for successful ongoing psychiatric mental health nursing care in the community setting.• A chapter on end-of-life care examines the psychological impact of terminal illness and death on patients, families, and nurses.• Updated nursing process and clinical chapters keep you current with the latest ANA Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.• An increased focus on health promotion and recovery reflects federal, state, and local initiatives to improve screening methods, patient and family teaching, rehabilitation, and community treatment options for people who have mental illnesses.• Enhanced Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize the profound impact of research—and your potential role in that process—on the advancement of psychiatric treatment options.• A new chapter on sleep disorders covers the most common sleep disturbances and their relationships to psychiatric illness, as well as the nurse’s role in their assessment and management.• A new chapter on sexual dysfunction and sexual disorders examines the complex issue of sexual behavior and provides the information you need to conduct a sexual assessment, identify sexual dysfunctions and disorders, recognize nursing implications, and formulate interventions.
1Mental health and mental illness22Relevant theories and therapies for nursing practice153Biological basis for understanding psychotropic drugs344Psychiatric mental health nursing and managed care issues635Mental health nursing in acute care settings746Mental health nursing in community settings857Culturally relevant mental health nursing : a global perspective998Legal and ethical guidelines for safe practice1159Assessment strategies and the nursing process13810Developing therapeutic relationships15511The clinical interview and communication skills17112Understanding stress and holistic approaches to stress management19713Understanding anxiety and anxiety defenses21214Anxiety disorders22615Somatoform and dissociative disorders25216Personality disorders27517Eating disorders29918Mood disorders : depression32619Mood disorders : bipolar35920The schizophrenias38421Cognitive disorders42222Crisis45523Suicide47324Anger and aggression49025Family violence50626Sexual assault53027Care of the chemically impaired54628Severe mental illness : crisis stabilization and rehabilitation57529Psychological needs of the medically ill58830Care for the dying and for those who grieve60131Psychiatric forensic nursing62332Disorders of children and adolescents63433Adult issues65834Psychosocial needs of the older adult69235Therapeutic groups71836Family therapy73037Integrative care749
