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Nursing Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice, 6th Edition

By Mary C. Townsend, DSN, APRN, BC, Clinical Specialist/Nurse Consultant, Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing; Former Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Mental Health Nursing, Kramer School of Nursing, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1917-3
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1917-0

896 pp. 40 ill. Soft cover.  ©2009  Available now. $72.95

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• Hundreds of interactive exercises. • Concept map care plans from the text. • Concept map creator. • Additional Care Plans. • Over 50 psychotropic drug monographs from Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses. • Animations. • Schematic neurobiological illustrations.

Assure that your students receive the psychiatric mental health knowledge they need with the text that’s still the most clearly written and student friendly. They’ll master an evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice that focuses on both biological and behavioral components. And, they’ll find all of the latest research studies, biological theories, and pharmacological data, as well as features designed to make complex concepts easier to grasp.
Whats New?
  • NEW! Clinical Pearl boxes highlight information important in the clinical setting.
  • NEW! Reformatted Nursing Care plans.
  • NEW! More in-depth explanations of nursing interventions appear in the DSM-IV chapters under Planning/ Implementation.
  • NEW! Patient Outcomes in the care plans presented as measurable shortand long-term goals.
  • NEW! Expanded Mental Status Assessment.
  • NEW! Spirituality content, a spiritual assessment tool and new coverage of the Arab-American.
  • NEW! Section on electronic documentation.
  • NEW! Bulleted summaries of Key Points at the end of each chapter.
  • NEW! Concept maps for ADHD.
  • NEW! Brain schematic for ADHD.
  • New and updated research articles for evidence-based nursing practice.
  • Updated concept maps, including one in the chapter, Nursing Process.
  • Updated brain schematics in text and animations on DavisPlus.
  • New and updated information on psychotropic drugs.
  • Consistently formatted Case Studies at the end of the disorder chapters.
  • Review questions and updated references and web sites at the end of each chapter.
  • NEW! Appendix for Controlled drug categories and pregnancy categories.

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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. Relaxation Therapy
15. Assertiveness Training
16. Promoting Self-Esteem
17. Anger/Aggression Management
18. The Suicidal Client
19. Behavior Therapy
20. Cognitive Therapy
21. Psychopharmacology
22. Electroconvulsive Therapy
23. Complementary Therapies
24. Client Education

 
IV. Nursing Care of Clients with Alterations in Psychosocial Adaptation
25. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
26. Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorder
27. Substance-Related Disorders
28. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
29. Mood Disorders
30. Anxiety Disorders
31. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
32. Issues Related to Human Sexuality
33. Eating Disorders
34. Personality Disorders
V. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing of Special Populations
35. The Aging Individual
36. Victims of Abuse or Neglect
37. Community Mental Health Nursing
38. Forensic Nursing
39. The Bereaved Individual

 
Appendices
A. Answers to Chapter Review Questions
B. Mental Status Assessment
C. DSM-IV-TR Classification: Axes I and II Categories and Codes
D. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses: Taxonomy II
E. Assigning Nursing Diagnosis to Client Behaviors
F. Controlled Drug and Pregnancy Categories
G. Sample Client Teaching Guides
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