
Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing
- 10th Edition - February 1, 2028
- Latest edition
- Author: Debbie Steele
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 7 8 0 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 7 8 0 7 - 2
Covering the field’s latest trends and treatments, Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing, 10th Edition provides students with the solid, therapeutic skills they need to deliver safe and… Read more
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Covering the field’s latest trends and treatments, Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing, 10th Edition provides students with the solid, therapeutic skills they need to deliver safe and effective psychiatric nursing care. This new edition continues to feature a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management which emphasizes the nurse’s three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the environment. Select chapters include Next Generation NCLEX case studies. Written in a friendly, approachable style, this text clearly defines the nurse’s role in caring for individuals with psychiatric disorders using a unique approach not found in other psychiatric nursing textbook.
• Psychotherapeutic Management organizing framework • Norm’s Notes • Putting It All together headings • DSM-5 boxes (with DSM 5 TR updates where applicable) • Patient and Family Education boxes • Nursing Care Plans •Extensive coverage of psychopharmacology
Students in undergraduate (ADN and BSN) psychiatric nursing courses 2022 AACN Data on total Baccalaureate Enrollments - 353,364 2022 AACN Data on total Baccalaureate Graduations - 153,192
Unit I The Basics 1. Me, Meds, Milieu 2. Historical Issues 3. Legal Issues 4. Psychobiological Bases of Behavior 5. Cultural Issues 6. Spiritual Issues Unit II YOU (Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship) 7. Models for Working With Psychiatric Patients 8. Learning to Communicate Professionally 9. Working with an Individual Patient 10. Working with Groups of Patients 11. Working with the Family Unit III MEDICATION (Psychopharmacology) 12. Introduction to Psychotropic Drugs 13. Antiparkinsonian Drugs 14. Antipsychotic Drugs 15. Antidepressant Drugs 16. Antimanic Drugs 17. Antianxiety Drugs 18. Antidementia Drugs 19. Alternative Preparations and Over-the-Counter Drugs Unit IV ENVIRONMENT: Milieu Management 20. Introduction to Milieu Management 21. Variables Affecting the Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide 22. Therapeutic Environment in Various Treatment Settings Unit V PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER (Psychopathology) 23. Introduction to Psychopathology 24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 25. Depressive Disorders 26. Bipolar Disorders 27. Anxiety-Related, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma- and Stressor-Related, Somatic, And Dissociative Disorders 28. Neurocognitive Disorders 29. Personality Disorders 30. Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria 31. Substance Use Disorders 32. Eating Disorders Unit VI Special Populations 33. Survivors of Violence and Trauma 34. Children and Adolescents 35. Older Adults 36. Soldiers and Veterans Glossary-to be removed
- Edition: 10
- Latest edition
- Published: February 1, 2028
- Language: English