Psychiatric Nursing

Psychiatric Nursing

<p>Covering the field’s latest trends and treatments, <b>Psychiatric Nursing, 8<SUP>th</SUP> Edition</b> provides you with the solid, therapeutic skills you need to deliver safe and effective psychiatric nursing care. This new edition features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management which emphasizes the nurse’s three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the environment. Written in a friendly, approachable style, this text clearly defines the nurse’s role in caring for individuals with psychiatric disorders like no other book on the market!</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>DSM-5 information </b>is integrated throughout the text<b>, </b>along with updated content and NANDA content.</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>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></ul><ul><b><li>NEW! Chapter on <i>Models for Working with Psychiatric Patients</i> </b>revised as new chapter on <i>Emotional Focused Model of Behavior</i>. </li><li><b>NEW! Update to various chapters within</b> <b><i>Unit III: Medication: Psychopharmacology</b></i>, include the latest drugs used for managing psychiatric disorders.</li><li><b>NEW! Update to <i>Communicate Professionally</i> chapter</b> includes methods of communication including social media and other current forms of technology. </li><li><b>NEW! Update <i>to Variables Affecting The Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide </i>chapter </b>reorganizes how the five-phase assault cycle is presented so it flows better and is easier to comprehend. </li><li><b>NEW! Several of the clinical disorders chapters such as the</b> <b><i>Schizophrenia,</b> <b>Depressive Disorders</b></i>, <b>and</b> <b><i>Anxiety Disorders</b></i> updated with the latest information on treatments and drugs.</li></ul>