Basic Concepts in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. The concept of stress adaptation -- Mental health/mental illness: historical and theoretical concepts -- Foundations for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. Theoretical models of personality development -- Concepts of psychobiology -- Ethical and legal issues in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Cultural and spiritual concepts relevant to psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Therapeutic Approaches in Psychiatric Nursing Care. Relationship development -- Therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Therapeutic groups -- Intervention with families -- Milieu therapy: the therapeutic community -- Crisis intervention -- Relaxation therapy -- Assertiveness training -- Promoting self-esteem --Anger/agression management -- The suicidal client -- Behavior therapy -- Cognitive therapy -- Electroconvulsive therapy -- Complementary therapies -- Nursing Care of Clients with Alterations in Psychosocial Adaptation -- Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders: depression -- Mood disorders: bipolar disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform and dissociative disorders -- Issues related to human sexuality and gender identity -- Eating disorders -- Adjustment and impulse control disorders -- Personality disorders -- Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing of Special Populations. The aging individual -- Victims of abuse or neglect -- Community mental health nursing -- Forensic nursing -- The bereaved individual -- Answers to chapter review questions -- Mental status assessment -- DSM-IV-TR Classification: axes I and II categories and codes -- NANDA nursing diagnoses: taxonomy II -- Assigning nursing diagnoses to client behaviors --Controlled drug catagories and pregnancy categories -- Sample client teaching guides.
Summary:
This textbook follows an evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice that focuses on both biological and behavioral components. It features in-depth explanations of nursing interventions; Patient outcomes presented as measurable short and long term goals; Coverage of electronic documentation; Information on psychotropic drugs; and a Spiritual assessment tool. Thoroughly revised and updated, the 7th Edition adds a new emphasis on therapeutic communication and offers up-to-date coverage of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiatives. Plus, a CD-ROM provides additional practice with an electronic workbook and NCLEX-style questions, including alternate-item format questions.
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