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Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
A Clinical Approach
- 9th Edition - August 13, 2021
- Author: Margaret Jordan Halter
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 1 5 5 - 1
- formats.LooseLeaf ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 9 7 8 - 6
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 9 7 0 7 - 1
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Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrated explanations of the neurobiology of disorders, DSM-5 criteria for major disorders, and nursing care plans. From clinical nurse specialist and lead author Dr. Margaret Jordan Halter, this bestselling text includes new Next Generation NCLEX® content to prepare you for success on your PMHN certification exam.
- Case Study and Nursing Care Plan boxes include real-life vignettes of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes describe recent research studies and how their findings affect nursing practice.
- Six-step nursing process is followed in clinical chapters, providing consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.
- Learning features include key terms and concepts, key points to remember, critical thinking, and chapter reviews.
- Conversational, mentor-like writing style reinforces important information and helps in applying textbook content to the clinical setting.
- Coverage of therapeutic communication techniques and nontherapeutic communication provides tips to help you build patient interaction skills.
- Assessment Guidelines summarize the steps of patient assessment for various disorders.
- Considering Culture boxes discuss the importance of person-centered care in providing competent care to diverse populations in various clinical situations.
- Patient and Family Teaching boxes focus on the nurse’s role in helping patients and families understand psychiatric disorders, treatments, complications, and medication side effects.
Undergraduate nursing students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- About the Cover Artwork
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- To The Instructor
- To The Student
- Unit I. Foundations in Theory
- 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness
- Mental Health and Mental Illness
- Mental Health Continuum
- Risk and Protective Factors
- Legislation and Mental Health Funding
- Epidemiology of Mental Disorders
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- Trends Affecting the Future of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- Advocacy and Legislative Involvement
- 2. Theories and Therapies
- Psychoanalytic Theories and Therapies
- Interpersonal Theories and Therapies
- Behavioral Theories and Therapies
- Cognitive Theories and Therapies
- Humanistic Theories
- Biological Theories and Therapies
- Developmental Theories
- Conclusion
- 3. Neurobiology and Pharmacotherapy
- Structure and Function of the Brain
- Action of Psychotropic Medications
- Unit II. Foundations for Practice
- 4. Treatment Settings
- Background
- Continuum of Care
- Outpatient Care Settings
- Prevention in Outpatient Care
- Outpatient Psychiatric Nursing Care
- Inpatient Care Settings
- Considerations for Inpatient Care
- Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing Care
- Specialty Treatment Settings
- 5. Cultural Implications
- Minority, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
- Demographic Shifts in the United States
- Basic Worldviews
- Impact of Culture
- Cultural Barriers to Mental Health Services
- Special At-Risk Populations
- Culturally Congruent Care and Associated Competencies
- 6. Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Ethical Concepts
- Evolving Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Care
- Mental Health Laws
- Hospitalization
- Patients’ Rights Under the Law
- Laws Relevant to Psychiatric Nursing
- Standards for Nursing Care
- Acting on Questionable Practice
- Documentation of Care
- Forensic Nursing
- Violence in the Psychiatric Setting
- Unit III. Psychosocial Nursing Tools
- 7. The Nursing Process and Standards of Care
- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing: Standard 1: Assessment
- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing: Standard 2: Diagnosis
- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing: Standard 3: Outcomes Identification
- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing: Standard 4: Planning
- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing: Standard 5: Implementation
- Registered Nurse Interventions
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Interventions
- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing: Standard 6: Evaluation
- 8. Therapeutic Relationships
- Concepts Central to the Nurse-Patient Relationship
- A Focus on Self-Awareness
- Peplau’s Model of the Nurse-Patient Relationship
- Factors that Promote Patients’ Growth
- 9. Therapeutic Communication
- Introduction
- Theoretical Models of Communication
- Factors that Affect Communication
- Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
- Communication Skills for Nurses
- The Clinical Interview
- 10. Stress Responses and Stress Management
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Responses to and Effects of Stress
- Mediators of the Stress Response
- Nursing Management of Stress Responses
- Other Ways to Relax
- Unit IV. Psychobiological Disorders
- 11. Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Risk Factors
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- Treatment Modalities
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Communication Disorders
- Motor Disorders
- Specific Learning Disorder
- Intellectual Disability
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcome Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 12. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Delusional Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Schizophreniform Disorder
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder and Psychotic Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition
- Schizophrenia
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 13. Bipolar and Related Disorders
- Clinical Picture
- Epidemiology
- Comorbidity
- Risk Factors
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 14. Depressive Disorders
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder
- Depressive Disorder due to Another Medical Condition
- Major Depressive Disorder
- application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 15. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
- Anxiety
- Levels of Anxiety
- Defenses Against Anxiety
- Anxiety Disorders
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 16. Trauma, Stressor-Related, and Dissociative Disorders
- Trauma-Related Disorders
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcome Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- OUTCOMES Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Adjustment Disorder
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 17. Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Treatment Modalities
- Illness Anxiety Disorder
- Treatment Modalities
- Conversion Disorder
- Treatment Modalities
- Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition
- Treatment Modalities
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Factitious Disorder
- Treatment Modalities
- Malingering
- 18. Eating and Feeding Disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Feeding Disorders
- 19. Sleep-Wake Disorders
- Sleep
- Diagnosing Sleep Disorders
- Clinical Picture
- Comorbidity
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 20. Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria, and Paraphilic Disorders
- Sexuality
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Gender Dysphoria
- Treatment Modalities
- Paraphilic Disorders
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 21. Impulse Control Disorders
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Pyromania and Kleptomania
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 22. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- Substance Use Disorders
- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 23. Neurocognitive Disorders
- Delirium
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Mild and Major Neurocognitive Disorders
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 24. Personality Disorders
- Overview
- Cluster A Personality Disorders
- Cluster B Personality Disorders
- Cluster C Personality Disorders
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Unit V. Trauma Interventions
- 25. Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
- Suicide
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 26. Crisis and Disaster
- Crisis Characteristics
- Crisis Theory
- Types of Crises
- Phases of Crisis
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Disaster Response
- 27. Anger, Aggression, and Violence
- Clinical Picture
- Epidemiology
- Comorbidity
- Risk Factors
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Anger, Aggression, and Violence in General Hospital Settings
- 28. Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence
- Types of Abuse
- Crisis Situation
- The Perpetrator and the Vulnerable Person
- Child Abuse
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Older Adult Abuse
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 29. Sexual Assault
- Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence
- Epidemiology
- Clinical Picture
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Unit VI. Interventions for Special Populations
- 30. Dying, Death, and Grieving
- Death and Dying
- Facilitating Death
- Advance Care Planning
- Nursing Care at the End of Life
- The Dying Process
- Grieving
- Self-Care
- 31. Older Adults
- Statistics on Aging
- Mental Health and Aging
- Healthcare Concerns of Older Adults
- Healthcare Decision-Making
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- Treatment Settings for Older Adults
- 32. Serious Mental Illness
- Serious Mental Illness Across the Lifespan
- Development of Serious Mental Illness
- Rehabilitation Versus Recovery: Two Models of Care
- Issues Confronting Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
- Serious Mental Illness Resources
- Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches
- Other Treatment Approaches
- Nursing Care of Patients With Serious Mental Illness
- Current Issues Affecting Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
- 33. Forensic Nursing
- Forensic Nursing
- Forensic Psychiatric Nursing
- Correctional Nursing
- Unit VII. Other Intervention Modalities
- 34. Therapeutic Groups
- From Group to Therapeutic Group
- Concepts Common to All Groups
- Phases of Group Development
- Roles of the Group Members
- Theoretical Frameworks for Groups
- Nurses as Group Leaders
- Ethical Issues in Group Therapy
- Dealing with Challenging Member Behaviors
- Expected Outcomes
- 35. Family Interventions
- Family Structure
- Family Functions
- Overview of Family Therapy
- Concepts Central to Family Therapy
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Assessment
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Outcomes Identification
- Planning
- Intervention
- Evaluation
- Treatment Modalities
- 36. Integrative Care
- Integrative Care in the United States
- Classification of Integrative Care
- Index
- No. of pages: 696
- Language: English
- Edition: 9
- Published: August 13, 2021
- Imprint: Saunders
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323751551
- formats.LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323829786
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323697071
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Margaret Jordan Halter
Margaret Jordan Halter is the Editor of Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care, Former Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, Former Faculty, Malone College, Canton, Ohio; University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Former Associate Dean, Ashland University, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Editor, Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care, Former Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, Former Faculty, Malone College, Canton, Ohio; University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Former Associate Dean, Ashland University, Mansfield, Ohio, USA