Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills

by Patel, Sudha C.; Jakopac, Kim A.

• ISBN13: 9781449613563
• ISBN10: 144961356X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-02
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills guides nursing students and practicing nurses towards enhancing fundamental psychiatric nursing skills competency in specific assessment and interventions for the selected psychiatric disorders. A nursing skill book in a manual format, this text is handy at the clinical site and encourages readers to translate their theoretical knowledge and psychiatric nursing skills into clinical practice. Topics include therapeutic communication techniques, assessment and interventions for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and suicide attempts, and crisis management skills for psychiatric emergencies. Included in the appendices are essential insights into ego defense mechanisms, Erickson's Psychosocial Developmental Stages, Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development, and Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development.

Table of Contents

UnitIntroduction
UnitUnit I Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice and Nursing Process
ChapterChapter 1 Basic Concepts for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice
UnitUnit II Therapeutic Communication and Building a Safe Environment
ChapterChapter 2 Therapeutic Use of Self
ChapterChapter 3 Modification of the Environment
ChapterChapter 4 Interview Techniques and the Biopsychosocial Nursing Assessment
ChapterChapter 5 Developing and Maintaining Therapeutic Relationships
ChapterChapter 6 Leading Psychoeducation Groups
ChapterChapter 7 Assessment and Interventions for the Client with Severe Anxiety
UnitUnit III Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Skills for Assessment and Interventions
ChapterChapter 8 Major Depression
ChapterChapter 9 Assessment of Suicidal Ideations, Gestures, and Attempts
ChapterChapter 10 Assessment of Bipolar Disorders: Acute Manic Phase
ChapterChapter 11 Assessment of Schizophrenia
ChapterChapter 12 Restriction to Locked Seclusion and Physical/Mechanical Restraints
ChapterChapter 13 Administration & monitoring of the following Psychotropic Medications: Antipsychotics
UnitUnit IV Crisis Intervention Skills
ChapterChapter 14 Psychiatric Emergencies
ChapterChapter 15 Domestic Violence and Abuse
ChapterChapter 16 Disasters
UnitAppendix A Ego Defense Mechanisms
UnitAppendix B Erickson's Psychosocial Developmental Stages
UnitAppendix C Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
UnitAppendix D Piaget's Stages of Cognitive (Intellectual) Development
UnitAppendix E Interpersonal Process Recording Form
UnitAppendix F Stress Management/Self-Care Exercises
UnitAppendix G Glossary
UnitAppendix H Nursing Care Plan