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Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)
Margaret Jordan Halter
其他書名
A Clinical Approach
出版Elsevier Health Sciences, 2021-08-05
主題Medical / Nursing / GeneralMedical / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental HealthMedical / Mental Health
ISBN03236971009780323697101
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=U0TXzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
  • Case Study and Nursing Care Plan boxes include real-life vignettes of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.
  • Evidence-Based Practice boxes describe recent research studies and how their findings affect nursing practice.
  • Six-step nursing process is followed in clinical chapters, providing consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.
  • Learning features include key terms and concepts, key points to remember, critical thinking, and chapter reviews.
  • Conversational, mentor-like writing style reinforces important information and helps in applying textbook content to the clinical setting.
  • Coverage of therapeutic communication techniques and nontherapeutic communication provides tips to help you build patient interaction skills.
  • Assessment Guidelines summarize the steps of patient assessment for various disorders.
  • Considering Culture boxes discuss the importance of person-centered care in providing competent care to diverse populations in various clinical situations.
  • Patient and Family Teaching boxes focus on the nurse's role in helping patients and families understand psychiatric disorders, treatments, complications, and medication side effects.
  • NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies and questions are provided at the end of each clinical chapter to support critical thinking and prepare you for your state board examination.
  • NEW! Updated screening tools and rating scales make it easier to quantify symptoms and assess the severity of a disorder.
  • NEW! Advanced practice treatment modalities are addressed separately from the nursing process in the categories of biological interventions (e.g., pharmacotherapy and brain stimulation therapies) and psychological therapies (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy).
  • NEW! Emphasis on adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and trauma-informed care addresses the near-universal experience of trauma in individuals with psychiatric disorders and conditions.
  • NEW! Order of clinical chapters mirrors that of the DSM-5, and many of the major disorders are accompanied by specific DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
  • NEW! Health Policy boxes are updated to describe current legislation related to mental health.
  • NEW! The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP), from the International Council of Nurses (ICN), provides straightforward nursing diagnoses that are easily translatable across settings and disciplines.