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Books in Nursing psychiatric mental health

  • Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing

    • 9th Edition
    • Debbie Steele
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Psychiatric**Gain the skills you need to provide safe and effective psychiatric nursing care! Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition provides a solid foundation in the knowledge required to manage and care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management emphasizing the nurse’s three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the therapeutic environment. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® exam-style case studies to help you learn clinical judgment and prepare for success on the NCLEX. Known for its clear and friendly writing style, this text covers psychiatric nursing like no other book on the market.

  • Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care

    An Interprofessional Approach
    • 7th Edition
    • Margaret Jordan Halter + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Psychiatric**Get easy-to-use guidelines to psychiatric nursing care in this quick clinical reference! Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care, 7th Edition provides an interprofessional approach to care based on patient problems and the latest DSM-5 criteria. It helps you plan evidence-based, individualized nursing care for a range of settings including the inpatient unit, home care, or community care. Clear, concise coverage focuses on the nursing process, summarizing topics from disorders and psychiatric crises to psychopharmacology. From noted educators Margaret Jordan Halter and Christina A. Fratena, this manual is a perfect clinical reference companion for creating psychiatric nursing care plans.

  • Mental Health A Pocket Guide

    • 4th Edition
    • Debra O’Kane
    • English
    This highly valued quick reference guide returns in its fourth edition to provide practical and helpful strategies for responding effectively to those in crisis.Mental Health: A pocket guide delivers a comprehensive overview of the relevant concepts vital to contemporary mental health care. With a clear focus on the consumer, it covers the issues faced by people living with mental illness, as well as best practice approaches for primary health, first responders and multidisciplinary health care professionals.

  • Stories in Mental Health

    Reflection, Inquiry, Action
    • 2nd Edition
    • Debra Nizette + 2 more
    • English
    Stories in Mental Health 2nd edition is an insightful collection of personal stories from a range of mental health consumers, carers and mental health nurse clinicians who openly share their experiences. Through listening and observing, this extraordinary resource offers nursing students and health professionals a unique perspective on what it is like to live with a mental health disorder, care for a family member with a mental health disorder or work within various mental healthcare settings. Available as a print or eBook, this valuable resource builds empathy and understanding and provides examples of innovative approaches to care with a focus on reflection, inquiry and action. The teaching and learning strategies assist in developing skills, attitudes and appropriate responses when working in a range of mental healthcare settings. Most importantly, Stories in Mental Health provides a much-needed consumer voice to mental healthcare.

  • Foundations of Mental Health Care

    • 7th Edition
    • Michelle Morrison-Valfre
    • English
    Build a broad fundamental knowledge of mental health concepts and disorders! Foundations of Mental Health Care, 7th Edition uses an easy-to-read, multi-disciplinary approach to describe the treatment of clients with mental health disorders. Ideal for nurses and other caregivers, this guide provides in-depth coverage of issues and principles, therapeutic skills, mental health problems throughout the lifecycle, and specific psychological and psychosocial conditions. This edition is updated with the latest information on violence, suicide, substance abuse, and more. Written by expert educator Michelle Morrison-Valfre, this resource enables you to provide effective therapy to clients with a wide range of maladaptive behaviors.

  • Psychiatrie für Pflege-, Sozial- und Heilberufe

    • 6th Edition
    • Holger Thiel + 2 more
    • German
    Psychiatrie im Handbuchformat – ein tolles Einstiegswerk! Dieses Buch bietet einen gelungenen aktuellen und handlungsorientierte... Überblick über das Thema Psychiatrie. Ideal nicht nur zum Lernen sondern auch als Hilfestellung im Beruf. Gespickt mit vielen Fallbeispielen finden Sie: Praktische Verhaltensmöglichkei... und rechtliche Grundlagen für eine professionelle Vorgehensweise mit psychiatrisch erkrankten Menschen Kapitel zu einzelnen Störungsbildern und Fachbereichen innerhalb der Psychiatrie Hinweise zur Versorgung im Krankenhaus, aber auch im wachsenden ambulanten Bereich Für Auszubildende, Studierende und Erfahrene aus den Bereichen Pflege, Sozialpädagogik, Sozialarbeit, Ergotherapie, Physiotherapie und Kunsttherapie. Neu in der 6. Auflage: Vollständig aktualisiert und überarbeitet Inkl. Medikamentennennung und Literaturverzeichnis...

  • Communication in Nursing

    • 9th Edition
    • Julia Balzer Riley
    • English
    Immerse yourself in the ideas, theories, and techniques of effective communication in the workplace! Communication in Nursing, 9th Edition adopts a uniquely practical and personal approach to the demands of today’s nursing practice, providing extensive examples, exercises, and techniques that help you to apply communication skills in a variety of clinical settings. Using a conversational tone, this relatable text takes you beyond theory to show you how to understand important concepts and use communication as a tool to limit stress in your nursing practice. The 9th edition includes a new chapter which focuses on the foundation of communication and personality assessment. It also includes a new Putting it into Practice feature to help you apply your new communication skills in the work environment. In addition, updates on the topics of mindfulness, resilience, and inter-collaborative communication highlight the importance of implementing these tools in practice.

  • Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals

    • 1st Edition
    • Patricia Barkway + 1 more
    • English
    Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals will appeal to the undergraduate nursing and health science student seeking to understand patient responses and behaviours to various diagnoses, interventions and health outcomes. Written by Patricia Barkway and Deb O'Kane, the text is divided into two sections. The first introduces essential concepts and theories of psychology in the context of human development across the lifespan. The second focuses on applying these concepts and theories to healthcare issues and practice.

  • Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK

    • 1st Edition
    • Katie Evans + 3 more
    • English
    Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK is an adaptation of Australia and New Zealand’s foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for both mental health nursing students and qualified nurses. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and the UK guidelines as well as the changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in UK. Set within a recovery and patient framework, this text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with patients and their families.

  • Interpersonal Relationships

    Professional Communication Skills for Nurses
    • 8th Edition
    • Elizabeth C. Arnold + 1 more
    • English
    Now more than ever, effective communication skills are key for successful patient care and positive outcomes. Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 8th Edition helps you to develop skills in communicating effectively with clients, families, and colleagues in order to achieve treatment goals in health care. Using clear, practical guidelines, it shows how to enhance the nurse-client relationship through proven communication strategies as well as principles drawn from nursing, psychology, and related theoretical frameworks. The 8th edition includes engaging new content relating to current issues, while also emphasizing interdisciplinary communication and QSEN competencies. You will learn how to apply theory to real-life practice through case studies, interactive exercises, and evidence-based practice studies.