Principles and practice of psychiatric nursing /
Gail Wiscarz Stuart
- Tenth edition.
- London, United Kingdom : Elsevier Health Sciences, c2013
- xvi, 816 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Unit 1 Principles of Psychiatric Nursing Care -- Unit 2 Continuum of care -- Unit 3 Applying principles in nursing practice -- Unit 4 Treatment modalities -- Unit 5 Trestment settings -- Unit 6 Special populations in psychiatry
Using the latest clinical research and diagnoses, Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing, 10th Edition provides a holistic, biopsychosocial approach to psychiatric nursing care. It follows the popular Stuart stress-adaptation framework and includes comprehensive coverage to simplify important nursing and medical concepts, promote quality and safety in care, and address psychobiology and psychopharmacology topics integral to today's psychiatry.