Physical Health and Well-Being in Mental Health Nursing Clinical Skills for Practice

by Nash, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780335233991
• ISBN10: 0335233996
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Open Univ Pr

Summary

This groundbreaking book provides mental health nurses with the core knowledge of the physical health issues that they need for their work, and places these in a context that can be easily integrated into clinical practice. Michael Nash considers the risk factors and assessment priorities amongst different mental health client groups and provides clinical insights into how best to work with service users to ensure their health is assessed and improved.Readers are encouraged to critically examine the notion that poor health in clients is solely related to lifestyle factors and how best they can contribute to better health outcomes for their clients.The book includes coverage of: Core concepts of physical health/illness in mental illness Impacts of physical illness on people with severe mental illness Current practice issues and barriers to good physical health Each chapter includes case studies, examples, diagrams and exercises for self-testing and reflection,which will help readers develop their own skills and practice.Physical Health and Well-Being in Mental Health Nursingis a must-have text for students and practitioners working in mental health nursing. It is also useful reading for practice nurses, district nurses, midwives and all allied health practitioners.

Author Biography

Michael Nash MSc, PCLT, BSc (Hons), RMN, FHEA is Lecturer in Psychiatric Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin. He has published in Mental Health Practice and in Edlines RCN on the topic of physical health in mental health settings, and his MSc looked at Diabetes within mental health client groups..

Table of Contents

About the author	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations and acronyms	p. xiii
An introduction to physical health in mental illness	p. 1
An introduction to key concepts in measuring health and illness	p. 14
Clinical skills for physical assessment in mental health settings	p. 26
Principles of physical health assessment in mental health care	p. 61
Physical assessment: assessing cardiovascular health	p. 79
Assessing respiratory health in mental health	p. 101
Assessing nutrition, diet and physical activity	p. 126
Medication, adverse drug reactions and physical health	p. 151
Physical health emergencies in mental health settings	p. 174
Practical steps in improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness	p. 191
References	p. 206
Index	p. 219
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