Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

by Townsend, Mary C.

• ISBN13: 9780803616110
• ISBN10: 0803616112
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-15
• Publisher: F a Davis Co

Summary

Written by one author, Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing is straightforward, consistent and user friendly. It offers an evidence-based, holistic approach to psychiatric nursing, and answers the questions "What do psychiatric nurses do?" in a language that can be understood by all. The enclosed free student CD-ROM includes an electronic test bank with more than 200 NCLEX-style questions, including the new formats. Also on the CD are hundreds of learning activities, case studies with critical thinking questions, nearly 60 psychotropic drug monographs, assessment tools, care plans and critical pathways that the student can customize, and printable client education teaching guides.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Psychiatric/Mental Health Concepts
Mental Health and Mental Illness	p. 3
Concepts of Personality Development	p. 15
Biological Implications	p. 31
Ethical and Legal Issues	p. 50
Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing	p. 66
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Interventions
Relationship Development and Therapeutic Communication	p. 95
The Nursing Process in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing	p. 115
Milieu Therapy-The Therapeutic Community	p. 140
Intervention in Groups	p. 149
Intervening in Crises	p. 162
Psychopharmacology	p. 182
Complementary and Psychosocial Therapies	p. 212
Care of Clients With Psychiatric Disorders
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders	p. 237
Substance-Related Disorders	p. 262
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders	p. 304
Mood Disorders	p. 332
Anxiety Disorders	p. 379
Anxiety-Related Disorders	p. 413
Disorders of Human Sexuality	p. 448
Eating Disorders	p. 476
Personality Disorders	p. 495
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing of Special Populations
Children and Adolescents	p. 525
Victims of Abuse or Neglect	p. 561
The Aging Individual	p. 581
Community Mental Health Nursing	p. 611
The Bereaved Individual	p. 642
DSM-IV-TR Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes	p. 663
NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II Domains, Classes, and Diagnoses	p. 670
Assigning Nursing Diagnoses to Client Behaviors	p. 674
Mental Status Assessment	p. 676
Glossary	p. 678
Answers to Review Questions	p. 699
Index	p. 703
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