Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing : a communication approach to evidence-based care / Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, RN, MA.
Material type: TextPublisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier 2017Edition: Third editionDescription: xix, 488 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780323389655 (pbk.) :
- 0323389651
- 616.890231 VAR 23
- RC440
- 2017 A-003
- WY 160
- WY 160
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Previous edition: Philadelphia: Saunders, 2014.
Illustrations and text on inside covers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit I: Essential Theoretical Concepts for Practice. Practicing the Science and the Art of Psychiatric Nursing -- Mental Health and Mental Illness -- Theories and Therapies -- Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology -- Settings for Psychiatric Care -- Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice -- Unit II: Tools for Practice of the Art. Nursing Process and QSEN: The Foundation for Safe and Effective Care -- Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice -- Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview -- Unit III: Caring for Patients with Psychobiological Disorders. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders -- Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders -- Somatic Symptom Disorders and Related Disorders -- Personality Disorders -- Eating Disorders -- Mood Disorders: Depression -- Bipolar Spectrum Disorders -- Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Neurocognitive Disorders -- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- Unit IV: Caring for Patients Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies. Crisis and Mass Disaster -- Child, Partner, and Elder Violence -- Sexual Violence -- Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors -- Anger, Aggression, and Violence -- Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve -- Unit V: Age-Related Mental Health Disorders. Children and Adolescents -- Adults -- Older Adults -- Appendixes A. DSM-5 -- Classification B. NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses.
'Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing' offers the perfect balance of essential nursing interventions and clinical content paired with current research and evidence-based practice to fully equip you for today's field of mental health nursing. This new edition continues to retain the reader-friendly style, emphasis on therapeutic communication, and the nursing process organisation that was successful in the previous edition. It also includes additional DSM-5 disorders, illustrations of various neurobiology disorders, a new neurobiology learning tool, and new NCLEX review questions to help you pass your course and thoroughly prepare for the psychiatric nursing section of the NCLEX.