Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing. Elizabeth M. Varcarolis.

Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prevalence--Comorbidity--Child and adolesceent psychiatric nurse--Theory--Overall assessment--Pervasive developmental disorders--Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and disruptive behavior disorders--Anxiety disorders--Mood disorders--Tourette\'s disorder--Adjustment disorder--Feeding and eating disorders--Overall interventions for child and adolescent disorders--33. Adult Issues:- Sleep disorder:- The problem--Comorbidity--Normal sleep cycle--Sleep disorders--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning --Intervention --Evaluation--Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:- Diagnosis--Treatment--Medication--Therapy--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--Gender Identity and Sexual Disorders:- Definitions--Sexual response cycle--Sexual disorders--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning --Intervention--Evaluation--34. Psychosocial Needs of the Older Adult:- The older population and the health care system--Role of the nurse--Issues that affect the mental health of some elderly--UNIT 9: Other Intervention Modalities:-35. Therapeutic Groups:- Group concepts--Therapeutic factors common to all groups--Group protocols--Expected outcomes--Role of the nurse in therapeutic groups--Self-help groups--Challenging client behaviors--36. Family Therapy:- Theoretical premises--Theories, theorists, and approaches to family therapy--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--37. Integrative Care:- Movement toward integrative care--Overview of complementary and alternative medicine--Categories of complementary and alternative medicine--Review of selected therapies--Quackery and fraud--Credibility of cam: Research, reimbursement, and credentialing--Information resources.

UNIT 1: .FOUNDATIONS IN THEORY:-1. Mental Health and mental Illness:- Concepts of mental health and illness--Epidemiology of mental disorders--Mental illness and the mental health continuum--Medical diagnosis and nursing diagnosis of mental illness--Introduction to culture and mental illness-- -- 2.Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing Practice:- Major theories of personality--Traditional therapeutic approaches--3. Biological Basis for Understanding Psychotropic Drugs:- Structure and Function of the Brain--Functions of the brain--Cellular compositions of the brain--Organization of the nervous system--Disturbances of mental function--Mechanisms of Action of Psychotropic Drugs--Antipsychotic drugs--Mood stabilizers--Antianxiety or anxiolytic drugs--Antidepression treatment of conditions associated with anxiety--Treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder--Drug treatment for alzheimer\'s disease--Herbal medicine--4. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Managed Care Issues:- What is psychiatric mental health nursing?--Levels of psychiatric mental health clinical nursing practice--What do psychiatric nurses do?--Recent issues affecting psychiatric mental health nursing--Mental health and managed care--Future challenges and roles for nurses--UNIT 2: FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE:- 5. Mental Health Nursing in Acute Care Settings:- Admission and goals--Rights of the hospitalized client--Interdisciplinary teamwork and care management--Nursing on the inpatient unit--6. Mental Health Nursing in Community Settings:- Context for psychiatric nursing in the community--Aspects of community nursing--Roles and functions of the community psychiatric nurse--Community settings--Ethical issues--Future issues--7. Culturally Relevant Mental Health Nursing: A Global Perspective:- Culture, race, ehnicity, and minority status--Demographic shifts--Worldviews and mental health nursing--Culture and mental health--Barriers to quality mental health services--Culturally diverse populations at risk--Culturally competent care--8. Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Safe Practice:- Ethical concepts--Mental health laws--Admission, commitment, and discharge procedures--Clients right under the law--Maintenance of client confidentiality--Tort law applied to Psychiatric settings--Determination of a standard of care--Documentation of care--UNIT 3: Psychosocial Nursing Tools:- 9. Assessment Strategies and the Nursing Process:- Standard 1: Assessment--Standard 2:Nursing diagnosis--Standard 3: Outcome criteria--Standard 4: Planning--Standard 5: Implementation--Standard 6: Evaluation--Documentation--10. Developing Therapeutic Relationships:- Therapeutic versus other types of relationships--Factors that enhance growth in others--Establishing boundaries--Understanding self and others--Phases of the nurse-client relationship--What hinders

and what helps the nurse-client relationship--11. The Clinical Interview and Communication Skills:- The clinical interview--Communication--Toward a more complex model of communication--Effective communication skills--Obstructive techniques to monitor and minimize--Evaluation of clinical skills--12. Understanding Stress and Holistic Approaches to Stress Management:- Toward a holistic model of stress--Stressors and factors mediating the stress response--Assessing stress and coping styles--Holistic approaches to stress management--13. Understanding Anxiety and Anxiety Defenses:- About anxiety--Levels of anxiety--Interventions--Defenses against anxiety--UNIT 4: Psychobiological Disorders: Moderate to Severe:- 14. Anxiety Disorders:-Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Clinical picture--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--15. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders:- Somatoform Disorders:- Prevalence and comorbidity--Theory--DSM-IV-TR criteria and the clinical picture of somatoform disorders--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing Diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning --Intervention--Evaluation--Dissociative Disorders:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--DSM-IV-TR criteria and the clinical picture of dissociative disorders--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment---Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--16. Personality Disorders:- Prevalence and comorbidity--Theory--DSM-IV-TR and the clinical picture of cluster A disorders (odd, eccentric)--DSM-IV-Tr and the clinical picture of cluster B disorders (dramatic, emotional, erratic)--DSM-IV-TR and the clinical picture of cluster C disorders (anxious, fearful)--Personality disorder not otherwise specified--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--17. Eating Disorders:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Fundamental assessment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa--Anorexia Nervosa:- Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--Bulimia Nervosa:- Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning Intervention--Evaluation--UNIT 5: Psychobiological Disorders: Severe to Psychotic:- 18. Mood Disorders: Depression--Prevalence--Comorbidity--Depressive disorders and clinical presentations--Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing Diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--19. Mood Disorders: Bipolar:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--20. The Schizophrenias:- Epidemiology--Comorbidity--Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--21. Cognitive Disorders:- Prevalence--Delirium--Spplication of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Intervention--Evaluation--Dementia: Alzheimer\'s Disease:- Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:-Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--UNIT 6: Psychiatric Emergencies:-22. Crisis--Comorbidity--Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning --Intervention--Evaluation--23. Suicide:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Biological factors--Psychosocial factors--Cultural factors--Application of the Nursing Process:-Assessment--Nursing Diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--24. Anger and Aggression:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing Diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--25. Family Violence:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--26. Sexual Assault:- Theory--Application of the Nursing Process:- Assessment--Nursing diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning --Intervention--Evaluation--UNIT 7: Interventions for Special Populations:- 27. Care of the Chemically Impaired:- Prevalence--Comorbidity--Theory--Definitions--Application of the Nursing Process:-Assessment--Nursing Diagnosis--Outcome criteria--Planning--Intervention--Evaluation--28. Severe Mental Illness: Crisis Stabilization and Rehabilitation:- Severe mental illness--Development of a severe mental illness--Common problems associated with severe mental illness--Comprehensive community resources--Overview of nursing interventions--Overview of rehabilitation--29. Psychological Needs of the Medically Ill:- Psychological factors affecting medical conditions--Psychological responses to serious medical illness--Holistic Assessment of a client\'s needs--Intervention strategies--Human rights abuses of the stigmatized medically ill--Role of the psychiatric liaison nurse--30. Care of the Dying and for Those Who Grieve:-Care for the Dying:- Hospice and palliative care--Nursing goals in end-of-life care--Becoming an effective communication--Practicing good self-care--Confronting the prospect of dying: seven motifs--Care of Those who Grieve:- Reactions to bereavement--Frameworks for understanding loss--Helping people cope with loss--Unresolved and dysfunctional grief--Successful mourning--31. Psychiatric Forensic Nursing:- Definition of forensic nursing--Forensic nursing role functions--Working with victim or perpetrator--Psychiatric forensic nursing--Correctional and correctional mental health nurses--Roles within psychiatric forensic nursing--Other subspecialty areas of forensic nursing--Professionalism in psychiatric forensic nursing--UNIT 8:- Lifespan issues and Interventions:- 32. Disorders of Children and Adolescents:-

This edition offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric nursung with a practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style.