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Title:

Geropsychiatric and mental health nursing / [edited by] Karen Devereaux Melillo, Susan Crocker Houde.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Jones & Bartlett Learning,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiv, 533 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Geriatric psychiatry.
Geriatric nursing.
Psychiatric nursing.
Geriatric Nursing--methods.
Psychiatric Nursing--methods.
Aged.
Geriatric Psychiatry--methods.
Mental Disorders--nursing.

Other Authors:

Melillo, Karen Devereaux.
Houde, Susan Crocker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. I. Overview of aging and mental health issues. Introduction and overview of aging and older adulthood -- Geropsychiatric nursing as a subspecialty -- Comprehensive mental health assessment : an integrated approach -- Ethnic elders -- Mental health promotion -- Psychopharmacology -- pt. II. Psychopathology of late life. Nursing assessment and treatment of depressive disorders of late life -- Nursing assessment and treatment of anxiety in late life -- Psychosis in older adults -- Substance abuse in older adults -- pt. III. Issues in geropsychiatric and mental health of older adults. Delirium -- Nursing assessment of clients with dementias of late life : screening, diagnosis, and communication -- Nursing management of clients experiencing dementias of late life : care environments, clients, and caregivers -- Addressing problem behaviors common to late-life dementias -- Family caregiving -- Normal and disordered sleep in late life -- Pathological gambling among older adults -- Elder mistreatment -- End of life -- Social, health and long-term care programs and policies affecting mental health in older adults -- Envisioning the future of geropsychiatric nursing -- app. A. Recommended geropsychiatric competency enhancements for entry level professional nurses -- app. B. Recommended geropsychiatric enhancements for gerontological clinical nurse specialists -- app. C. Recommended geropsychiatric competency enhancements for gerontological nurse practitioners -- app. D. Recommended geropsychiatric enhancements for clinical nurse specialists who provide care to older adults but are not geriatric specialists -- app. E. Recommended geropsychiatric competency enhancements for nurse practitioners who provide care to older adults but are not geriatric specialists -- app. F. Recommended geropsychiatric competency enhancements for psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialists -- app. G. Recommended geropsychiatric competency enhancements for psychiatric nurse practitioners.

ISBN:

076377359X (pbk.)
9780763773595 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)645598190

LCCN:

2010026999

Locations:

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)