Psychiatric Nursing

<p>Learn the therapeutic skills you need to succeed in the nurse's role in psychiatric care! <b>Psychiatric Nursing, 7th Edition </b>uses a practical approach to psychotherapeutic management that clearly explains how to manage and treat individuals with psychiatric disorders. It emphasizes the nurse's three primary tools: you and your relationship with patients, medications, and the environment. This edition adds a new chapter on forensics along with coverage of the latest trends and treatments. Written by educators Norman Keltner and Debbie Steele, this text provides a solid, real-world foundation for the practice of safe and effective psychiatric nursing care.</p><ul><b> <li>Unique! A practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management</b> includes: 1) the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, 2) psychopharmacology, and 3) milieu management.</li> <li><b>Unique! <i>Norm's Notes</b></i> offer helpful tips from the lead author, Norman Keltner, at the beginning of each chapter, making it easier to understand difficult topics.</li> <li><b>Nursing care plans</b> highlight the nurse's role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders.</li> <li><b>Case studies</b> depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies.</li> <li><b>Unique! <i>Putting It All Together</i> summaries </b>are provided at the end of each psychopathology chapter. </li> <li><b>Clinical examples</b> from the authors' own experiences illustrate concepts with real-life clinical situations.</li> <li><b><i>Study Notes</b></i> summarize each chapter's important content.</li> <li><b>Learning objectives</b> at the beginning of each chapter preview the important principles to follow.</li> <li><b>Critical thinking questions</b> help you develop clinical reasoning skills.</li> <li><b><i>Family Issues</i> boxes</b> highlight the issues that families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness.</li> <li><b>Learning resources on the Evolve companion website</b> include video lectures, psychotropic drug monographs, and NCLEX(R) exam-style review questions.</li> <li><b><i>Patient and Family Education </i>boxes</b> highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families.</li> <li><b>A glossary </b>defines key terms, providing a handy reference at the back of the book.</li> </ul><ul><b> <li>NEW! DSM-5 information </b>is integrated throughout the text<b>, </b>along with updated content and NANDA content.</li> <li><b>NEW! <i>Survivors of Violence and Trauma </i>chapter</b> focuses on psychiatric treatment for individuals with mental illness in sex trafficking and forensic environments, along with the social implications for individuals, families, and communities.</li> <li><b>NEW! Integration of QSEN competencies </b>highlights the competencies relevant to psychiatric nursing care such as safety, communication, evidence-based practice and others.</li> <li><b>NEW! Additional NCLEX(R) examination-style review questions</b> on the Evolve companion website cover concepts likely to appear on class tests and the NCLEX exam. </li> </ul>