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Psychiatric-mental health nursing / Sheila L. Videbeck

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xi, 560 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780781764254
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC 440 .V53 2008
Contents:
Unit 1. Current theories and practice. Foundations psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Neurobiologic theories and psychopharmacology -- Psychosocial theories and therapy -- Treatment settings and therapeutic programs -- Unit 2. Building the nurse-client relationship. Therapeutic relationships -- Therapeutic communications -- Client's response to illness -- Assessment -- Unit 3. Current social and emotional concerns. Legal and ethical issues -- Anger, hostility, and aggression -- Abuse and violence -- Grief and loss -- Unit 4. Nursing practice for psychiatric disorders. Anxiety and stress-related illness -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Personality disorders -- Substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Cognitive disorders
Summary: Explores the full psychiatric nursing care continum in a nursing process framwork, emphasizing assessment, therapeutic communication, and psychopharmacologic intervention.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Nursing GC RC 440 .V53 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000000378

Includes index.

Unit 1. Current theories and practice. Foundations psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Neurobiologic theories and psychopharmacology -- Psychosocial theories and therapy -- Treatment settings and therapeutic programs -- Unit 2. Building the nurse-client relationship. Therapeutic relationships -- Therapeutic communications -- Client's response to illness -- Assessment -- Unit 3. Current social and emotional concerns. Legal and ethical issues -- Anger, hostility, and aggression -- Abuse and violence -- Grief and loss -- Unit 4. Nursing practice for psychiatric disorders. Anxiety and stress-related illness -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Personality disorders -- Substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Child and adolescent disorders -- Cognitive disorders

Explores the full psychiatric nursing care continum in a nursing process framwork, emphasizing assessment, therapeutic communication, and psychopharmacologic intervention.

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