Psychiatric and mental health nursing : the craft of caring.
Psychiatric and mental health nursing : the craft of caring.
- 3rd edition. edited by Mary Chambers.
- 1 online resource (720 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Previous edition: London: Hodder Arnold, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This textbook teaches the nursing student about the psychiatric nurse settings, where the main aim is to reduce distress of the patient, and about mental health nursing which tries to help people resolve their problems and adapt to their setting thereby pre-empting further potential mental health problems. This new edition of a bestselling, evidence-based textbook provides a comprehensive overview of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Keeping service users and their recovery at the centre of care, the holistic approach will help nurses to gain the tools and understanding required to work in this complex area. Extensively updated for this new edition, the text looks at: Aspects of mental health nursing: covering topics such as ethics, developing therapeutic relationships and supervision. The foundations of mental health nursing: discussing diagnosis, assessment and risk. Caring for those experiencing mental health distress: looking at wide range of troubles including anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and issues around sexuality and gender. Care planning and approaches to therapeutic practice: exploring ideas, pathways and treatments such as recovery, CBT, psychodynamic therapies and psychopharmacology. Services and support for those with mental health distress: covering topics such as collaborative work, involvement of service users and their families and carers, and a range of different mental healthcare settings. Mental health nursing in the twenty-first century: highlighting emerging and future trends including the political landscape, physical health and health promotion, and technological advances. This accessible and comprehensive textbook integrates service user perspectives throughout and includes student-friendly features such as learning outcomes, key points summaries, reflection points and further reading sections. It is an essential resource for all mental health nursing students, as well as an invaluable reference for practising nurses.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315381879 (ebook)
Psychiatric nursing.
Health and Wellbeing.
Clinical & internal medicine
RC440
Previous edition: London: Hodder Arnold, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This textbook teaches the nursing student about the psychiatric nurse settings, where the main aim is to reduce distress of the patient, and about mental health nursing which tries to help people resolve their problems and adapt to their setting thereby pre-empting further potential mental health problems. This new edition of a bestselling, evidence-based textbook provides a comprehensive overview of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Keeping service users and their recovery at the centre of care, the holistic approach will help nurses to gain the tools and understanding required to work in this complex area. Extensively updated for this new edition, the text looks at: Aspects of mental health nursing: covering topics such as ethics, developing therapeutic relationships and supervision. The foundations of mental health nursing: discussing diagnosis, assessment and risk. Caring for those experiencing mental health distress: looking at wide range of troubles including anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and issues around sexuality and gender. Care planning and approaches to therapeutic practice: exploring ideas, pathways and treatments such as recovery, CBT, psychodynamic therapies and psychopharmacology. Services and support for those with mental health distress: covering topics such as collaborative work, involvement of service users and their families and carers, and a range of different mental healthcare settings. Mental health nursing in the twenty-first century: highlighting emerging and future trends including the political landscape, physical health and health promotion, and technological advances. This accessible and comprehensive textbook integrates service user perspectives throughout and includes student-friendly features such as learning outcomes, key points summaries, reflection points and further reading sections. It is an essential resource for all mental health nursing students, as well as an invaluable reference for practising nurses.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315381879 (ebook)
Psychiatric nursing.
Health and Wellbeing.
Clinical & internal medicine
RC440