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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

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  • Katherine Fortinash, MSN, APRN, BC, PMHCNS, Certified Clinical Specialist, Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing; Associate Faculty, Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee, CA; Clinical Nurse Specialist and Educator, Sharp HealthCare, Mesa Vista Hospital, San Diego, CA
  • Patricia Holoday Worret, MSN, APRN, BC, PMHCNS, Certified Clinical Specialist, Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing; Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA; Consultant, San Diego, CA

Focusing on what psychiatric nurses actually do in everyday practice, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 5th Edition, uses a balanced nursing-medical approach to cover all of the most common disorders and treatments. The text's full-color illustrations and straightforward style help you make sense of challenging material. And its strong emphasis on the nursing process, updated DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, interdisciplinary interventions, and the latest mental health practices boost your confidence in managing clients and prepare you for success on the NCLEX¨ examination.

Paperback, 752 Pages

Published: September 2011

Imprint: Mosby

ISBN: 978-0-323-07572-5

Contents

  • PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    1. Psychiatric Nursing: Theory, Principles, and Trends

    2. Nursing Practice in the Clinical Setting

    3. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care

    4. Therapeutic Communication: Interviews and Interventions

    PART II: BIOLOGIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PRINCIPLES FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

    5. Adaptation to Stress

    6. Neurobiology in Mental Health and Mental Disorder

    7. Human Development Across the Life Span

    8. Culture, Ethnicity, and Spirituality: A Global Perspective

    9. Legal and Ethical Aspects in Clinical Practice

    PART III: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

    10. Anxiety and Related Disorders

    11. Somatoform, Factitious, and Dissociative Disorders

    12. Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar, and Adjustment Disorders

    13. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

    14. Personality Disorders

    15. Substance Related Disorders and Addictive Behaviors

    16. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders

    17. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

    18. Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

    19. Sleep Disorders: Dyssomnias and Parasomnias

    20. Sexual Disorders: Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias

    PART IV: CRISIS AND PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES

    21. Crisis: Theory and Intervention

    22. Suicide: Prevention and Intervention

    23. Violence: Anger, Abuse, and Aggression

    24. Forensic Nursing in Clinical Practice

    PART V: THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS

    25. Psychopharmacology

    26. Therapies: Theory and Clinical Practice

    27. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

    PART VI: NURSING INTERVENTIONS WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS

    28. Grief in Loss and Death

    29. Emotional and Mental Responses to Medical Illness

    PART VII: NURSING INTERVENTIONS IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY

    30. Community Mental Health Nursing for Patients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

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