Keltner EdD / Steele Psychiatric Nursing - eBook

Psychiatric Nursing - eBook
8. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-323-52874-0
Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 520 Seiten

Covering the field's latest trends and treatments, Psychiatric Nursing, 8 Edition 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!

• Unique! A practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management
includes: 1) the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, 2) psychopharmacology, and 3) milieu management.
• Unique! Norm's Notes offer helpful tips from the lead author, Norman Keltner, at the beginning of each chapter, making it easier to understand difficult topics
• DSM-5 information is integrated throughout the text, along with updated content and NANDA content.
• Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families.
• Nursing care plans highlight the nurse's role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders.
• Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies.

• NEW! Chapter on Models for Working with Psychiatric Patients
revised as new chapter on Emotional Focused Model of Behavior.
• NEW! Update to various chapters within Unit III: Medication: Psychopharmacology, include the latest drugs used for managing psychiatric disorders.
• NEW! Update to Communicate Professionally chapter includes methods of communication including social media and other current forms of technology.
• NEW! Update to Variables Affecting The Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide chapter reorganizes how the five-phase assault cycle is presented so it flows better and is easier to comprehend.
• NEW! Several of the clinical disorders chapters such as the Schizophrenia, Depressive Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders updated with the latest information on treatments and drugs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keltner EdD, Rn

Steele, Debbie