F.A. Davis Company

In this updated edition, Kathryn Neeb continues to squarely address mental health within the scope of practical/vocational nursing, emphasizing that LPN/LVNs most commonly care for patients with psychiatric problems in general patient care settings rather than in specialized psychiatric facilities. This targeted approach, along with her accessible, friendly writing style, meets the legal licensing needs for the role of the LPN/LVN thus making Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing the leader in the LPN educational market.

• New chapter on childhood and adolescent mental health conditions (chapter 19) responds to educators' demand for more coverage of mental health nursing across the life span.
• Comprehensively updated medication coverage - the best guide to psychotropic drugs available to LPN/LVNs specifically.
• Enhanced coverage of palliative and restorative care - most pertinent topics in the long-term care settings in which so many LPNs work.
• More detailed exploration of religious and cultural beliefs and their impact on mental health and treatment.
• Additional discussion of alternative treatment modalities helps nurses to be more effective with people of various religious and cultural backgrounds.
• New coverage on facing the reality of terrorism integrated throughout relevant chapters.
• New full-color design with more illustrations is more visually engaging for your students.
• Addition of new NCLEX-style "alternative format" questions to those presented at the end of the chapters.