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Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - Revised Reprint

  • 2nd Edition
  • January 10, 2014
  • Elizabeth M. Varcarolis
  • English
  • eBook
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The revised reprint includes all new DSM-5 updates, updated psychiatric nursing content, along with new opening unit pages with vignettes, Selected Concept boxes and a new chapter on stress and stress-related disorders. This updated version equips yourself for today's psychiatric nursing practice with all of the essential nursing interventions and clinical content combined with current research and evidence-based practice. From the author of the bestselling Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, this text was specifically developed to effectively prepare students in today's shorter courses.

Placement Learning in Mental Health Nursing

  • 1st Edition
  • September 2, 2012
  • Gemma Stacey + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Worried about your Mental Health placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. Placement Learning in Mental Health Nursing covers the following areas: A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a mental health placement Helps make the most of learning opportunities Explains how to develop mental health competencies Narratives from other students describe what the placement will really be like Honest discussion of the challenges of a mental health placement to help avoid problems Advice on possible approaches to situations that may arise Keeps the aim of recovery as a central philosophy in line with contemporary thinking in mental health services.

Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing

  • 10th Edition
  • September 23, 2011
  • Gail Wiscarz Stuart
  • English
  • eBook
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Using the latest clinical research and diagnoses, Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing, 10th Edition provides a holistic, biopsychosocial approach to psychiatric nursing care. It follows the popular Stuart stress-adaptation framework and includes comprehensive coverage to simplify important nursing and medical concepts, promote quality and safety in care, and address psychobiology and psychopharmacology topics integral to today’s psychiatry. New to this edition is a chapter on psychiatric care of military personnel, plus the latest on health care reform, prescription abuse, and obesity issues. Written by psychiatric nursing expert Gail W. Stuart, this market-leading text makes it easy to apply classroom theory to clinical practice.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

  • 5th Edition
  • September 14, 2011
  • Katherine M. Fortinash + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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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.

Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

  • 2nd Edition
  • June 2, 2011
  • Ruth Elder + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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The new edition of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing focuses on practice in mental health and psychiatric care integrating theory and the realities of practice. Mental wellness is featured as a concept, and the consideration of a range of psychosocial factors helps students contextualise mental illness and psychiatric disorders. The holistic approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client’s experience of mental illness.

Mental Health Nursing

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 29, 2008
  • Rob Newell + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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This new edition of Mental Health Nursing: an evidence-based approach has been fully updated to include the latest research-based guidance. A wide variety of client problems is covered with , so that students are assured that what they learn is underpinned by a sound evidence base for treatment, and qualified mental health nurses can be confident that their practice is informed by the most up-to-date research. Skills acquisition is emphasised and experiential exercises encourage connections between theory and practice.

Mental Health Practice

  • 2nd Edition
  • August 29, 2008
  • Peter N Watkins
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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"Mental Health Practice: a guide to compassionate care" examines the relationship between mental health professionals and people using services during the recovery process. The disabling distress experienced by many people with mental health problems is viewed from a holistic, person-centred perspective with the road to recovery being seen as the result of true collaboration between professionals and service users.

Einzel- und Gruppenaktivitäten in der psychiatrischen Pflege

  • 1st Edition
  • August 11, 2008
  • Kai Gold + 1 more
  • German
  • eBook
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Welche Pflege brauchen Patienten in der Psychiatrie? Wie können Sie den Gesundheitszustand durch Kommunikation ergründen oder sogar beeinflussen? Was können Sie tun, damit Patienten sich auf der Station wohl fühlen? Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen die verschiedenen Facetten von Aktivierung und Beschäftigung, die Sie gezielt in Ihr pflegerisches Handeln integrieren können. Es greift das Modell der Selbstfürsorge nach Dorothea Orem auf und erläutert häufige und relevante pflegerische Angebote: - Lebenspraktisches Training - Soziale Kompetenz und Kommunikation - Freizeitgestaltung - Umgang mit Erkrankungen - Persönliches Wohlbefinden und Hygiene - Geistige Aktivierung Auf medizinische Details verzichtend, werden nur reine Arbeitstechniken – die Einzel- oder Gruppenaktivitäten - aufgezeigt.

Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse

  • 1st Edition
  • November 6, 2007
  • Kathleen Wheeler
  • English
  • eBook
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Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse provides the nurse psychotherapist with a useful “how-to” primer that contains practical techniques and interventions without a lot of theoretical jargon. Topics include the basics of psychotherapy, from how to respond to a patient’s initial call to termination of care. Selected approaches, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic psychotherapy are highlighted with discussion of evidence-base research. Specific techniques for working with commonly seen patient populations that require special consideration: those who have experienced trauma, children, and older adults are included. In addition, how to integrate psychopharmacology and psychotherapy is discussed in detail.