|
Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach |  | Authors: Elizabeth M. Varcarolis RN MA, Margaret Jordan Halter PhD PMHCNS Publisher: Saunders Category: Book
List Price: $86.95 Buy New: $69.74 as of 9/3/2010 02:16 BST details You Save: $17.21 (20%)
New (30) Used (25) from $68.99
Seller: s_r_books Rating: 24 reviews Sales Rank: 1129
Media: Hardcover Edition: 6 Pages: 864 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1 Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9 x 1.4
ISBN: 1416066675 Dewey Decimal Number: 616.890231 EAN: 9781416066675 ASIN: 1416066675
Publication Date: September 24, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The 6th edition of this market-leading textbook offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric mental health nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style help you quickly master key concepts. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application with a wealth of real-world examples to prepare you for practice.
- UNIQUE! A conversational, user-friendly writing style helps you quickly grasp complex psychiatric mental health nursing concepts.
- Clinical chapters are logically and consistently organized with sections on the clinical picture, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and application of the nursing process.
- Clinical chapters follow the nursing process, providing you with consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.
- Vignettes prepare you for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterizations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.
- Coverage of psychopharmacology in clinical chapters familiarizes you with specific drug treatment options, including the most commonly used drugs and important nursing considerations for their use.
- Assessment Guidelines boxes list essential guidelines for comprehensive patient assessment.
- Case Studies with Nursing Care Plans present individualized histories of patients with specific psychiatric disorders and include interventions with rationales and evaluation statements for each patient goal.
- A separate chapter on cultural implications, as well as Considering Culture boxes throughout the text, provides essential information on culture, worldviews, and techniques for providing culturally competent care.
- Coverage of treatment and recovery in the community addresses the need for successful ongoing psychiatric mental health nursing care in the community setting.
- A chapter on end-of-life care examines the psychological impact of terminal illness and death on patients, families, and nurses.
- Updated nursing process and clinical chapters keep you current with the latest ANA Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.
- An increased focus on health promotion and recovery reflects federal, state, and local initiatives to improve screening methods, patient and family teaching, rehabilitation, and community treatment options for people who have mental illnesses.
- Enhanced Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize the profound impact of research-and your potential role in that process-on the advancement of psychiatric treatment options.
- A new chapter on sleep disorders covers the most common sleep disturbances and their relationships to psychiatric illness, as well as the nurse's role in their assessment and management.
- A new chapter on sexual dysfunction and sexual disorders examines the complex issue of sexual behavior and provides the information you need to conduct a sexual assessment, identify sexual dysfunctions and disorders, recognize nursing implications, and formulate interventions.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 24
Good textbook! July 19, 2010 A. Gorsky Book is easy to read and informative.NOT one of those textbooks that is so inaccessible that it is torture to get through =-)
Product as described. June 7, 2010 Miriam Safady Excellent seller. Product as described. A+++ I will definitely buy books again and recommend this site to my friends.
brand new for a great price June 2, 2010 Sarahi Bear (chicago, IL) book was brand new and paid an amazing price. I am very satisfied with my purchase and recommend the seller!!
School required March 18, 2010 H. Walter (WI, USA) This book is very interesting and the readings are easy to understand, contents are current.
The information offered covers all aspects of the nursing mental health topics a student nurse should be knowledgeable and aware of.
Mental Healh February 16, 2010 Mayra Rivas Very good textbook. Received in great conditions but didn't receive in the amount of time I was supposed to. Very disatisfied with that!
Showing reviews 1-5 of 24
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.
| |