Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice (w/ DavisPlus Access Code)

by Townsend, Mary C.

• ISBN13: 9780803640924
• ISBN10: 0803640927
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover w/ Access Code
• Copyright: 2015-08-20
• Publisher: F A Davis Co

Summary

Rely on the distinctive voice and dedicated vision of Mary C. Townsend to provide the most clearly written, comprehensive text for psychiatric mental health nursing. Its evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice focuses on both biological and behavioral components. The 8th Edition of this popular text delivers even more of what nursing students need to meet the challenges of health care today. Completely revised and updated throughout, it reflects all of the new knowledge in the field and the practice of mental health nursing today, including DSM-5, NANDA-I 2012-2014, and QSEN. The Plus Code, inside new, printed texts, unlocks a wealth of instructor and student resources online at DavisPlus, including Davis Digital Version, your complete text online, Student Question Bank, Electronic Workbook, and Interactive Clinical Scenarios. Click here for a preview of the text and the resources available when you purchase this book.

Table of Contents

I. BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 1. The Concept of Stress Adaptation 2 . Mental Health/Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts II. FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 3. Theoretical Models of Personality Development 4. Concepts of Psychobiology 5. Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 6. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing III. THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE 7. Relationship Development 8. Therapeutic Communication 9. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 10. Therapeutic Groups 11. Intervention with Families 12. Milieu Therapy—The Therapeutic Community 13. Crisis Intervention 14. Assertiveness Training 15. Promoting Self Esteem 16. Anger/Aggression Management 17. The Suicidal Client 18. Behavior Therapy 19. Cognitive Therapy 20. Electroconvulsive Therapy 21. The Recovery Model IV. NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION 22. Neurocognitive Disorders 23. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 25. Depressive Disorders 26. Bipolar and Related Disorders 27. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders 28. Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders 29. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders 30. Issues Related to Human Sexuality and Gender Dysphoria 31. Eating Disorders 32. Personality Disorders V. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS 33. Children and Adolescents 34. The Aging Individual 35. Survivors of Abuse or Neglect 36. Community Mental Health Nursing 37. The Bereaved Individual 38. Military Families APPENDICES A. Answers to Chapter Review Questions B. Examples of Answers to Communication Exercises C. Mental Status Assessment D. DSM-5 Classification E. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II F. Assigning Nursing Diagnoses to Client Behaviors Glossary Index View the Consultants, Reviewers, and the full Table of Contents here.