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Varcarolis’ Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
A Communication Approach to Evidence-Based Care
- 6th Edition - February 1, 2027
- Author: Chyllia D Fosbre
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 8 5 7 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 8 5 8 - 7
Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication Approach to Evidence Based Care, offers the perfect balance of essential nursing interventions and clinical… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEssentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication Approach to Evidence Based Care, offers the perfect balance of essential nursing interventions and clinical content. It incorporates a reader-friendly style, and an emphasis on therapeutic communication and evidence-based practice. The psychiatric disorders are organized by the nursing process, with sound coverage of the biological factors, and the latest DSM-5 disorder criteria will be outlined within each relevant chapter. This new edition will maintain all of the key features of the current edition. New edition features include integrative care boxes, Giddens concept boxes, updated clinical disorders chapters and patient problems. The new edition of Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication Approach to Evidence Based Care, will include all of the information students need to pass their psychiatric nursing course and prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX Exam.
• 1. Neurobiology of the brain feature- Provides a visual depiction for students on how the disorder affects brain function and what drugs are used to treat the disorder • 2. Applying Evidence Based Practice Boxes -Included throughout the clinical chapters. Each box poses a question, walks the reader through the process of gathering evidence based data from a variety of sources, and presents a plan of care based on the evidence • 3. Applying the Art – Presented in the clinical chapters, these tables depict a clinical scenario demonstrating student-patient interactions, perception of the interaction and the identification of the mental health nursing concepts. • 4. Vignettes-Describes psychiatric patients and their disorders to add more practical application to the chapter material. • Assessment Guidelines-included in the clinical chapters. These guidelines present appropriate assessment tools and rating scales to help highlight important areas in the assessment of a variety of behaviors or mental conditions. • DSM-5 TR Diagnostic Criteria for most major disorders are presented • “Cultural Considerations” sections-Include more updated and relevant material, whenever possible in the clinical chapters. These sections address cultural considerations with various patients and appropriate care. • Nursing Interventions-Tables list interventions for a given disorder or clinical situation along with rationales for each intervention. • Key Points to Remember-Presents the main concepts of each chapter in an easy to comprehend and concise bulleted list. • Applying Critical Judgement-Introduces clinical situations in psychiatric nursing at the end of all chapters with thought provoking questions to follow to engage critical thinking • Chapter Review Questions -Presented at the end of each chapter to reinforce key concepts in the chapter. • Next-Generation NCLEX® Case Studies in all of the clinical chapters
ADN students in psychiatric nursing courses and accelerated BSN programs. These programs often have as little as 4 to 6 weeks to teach psych nursing, sometimes it is integrated into other courses such as med-surg or community health nursing.
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: February 1, 2027
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443348570
- eBook ISBN: 9780443348587
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Chyllia D Fosbre
Affiliations and expertise
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, WellTree Mind and Body (Private Practice), Open Hearts Family Wellness