Mental health care for nurses : applying mental health skills in the general hospital / edited by Anthony Harrison and Chris Hart.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 2006Description: xviii, 230 pContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781405172790 (ebook)Subject(s): Psychiatric nursing | Psychiatric hospital care | Nurse and patient | Mental Health Services | Hospitals, General | Inpatients -- psychology | Nursing Care -- methods | Psychiatric Nursing -- methods | Residential Facilities | Health and Wellbeing | Nursing | Psychiatric nursingGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781405124553Summary: Mental health is a significant factor in providing effective nursing care for patients in hospital and residential settings. The text explores the context of mental health care in hospital and residential settings, and covers topics such as self-harm and suicide prevention and maternal and peri-natal mental health problems. Mental health is a significant factor in providing effectivenursing care for patients in hospital and residential settings.Non-mental health nursing staff often lack the confidence,knowledge and skills to effectively meet the mental health needs ofpatients who are experiencing psychiatric problems andpsychological distress. Mental Health Care for Nurses: Applyingmental health skills in the general hospital provides astep-by-step guide which will help nurses identify these needs andaddress them in practice.The first part of Mental Health Care for Nurses: Applying mentalhealth skills in the general hospital explores the context ofmental health care in hospital and residential settings andprovides a practical framework for assessment, planning anddelivery of mental health care. The second part explores specifictopics such as self-harm and suicide prevention, caring for thepatient displaying challenging behaviour, maternal and perinatalmental health problems, mental health problems associated with oldage, mood disorders, and illicit drug and alcohol dependence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes web resources.
Mental health is a significant factor in providing effective nursing care for patients in hospital and residential settings. The text explores the context of mental health care in hospital and residential settings, and covers topics such as self-harm and suicide prevention and maternal and peri-natal mental health problems. Mental health is a significant factor in providing effectivenursing care for patients in hospital and residential settings.Non-mental health nursing staff often lack the confidence,knowledge and skills to effectively meet the mental health needs ofpatients who are experiencing psychiatric problems andpsychological distress. Mental Health Care for Nurses: Applyingmental health skills in the general hospital provides astep-by-step guide which will help nurses identify these needs andaddress them in practice.The first part of Mental Health Care for Nurses: Applying mentalhealth skills in the general hospital explores the context ofmental health care in hospital and residential settings andprovides a practical framework for assessment, planning anddelivery of mental health care. The second part explores specifictopics such as self-harm and suicide prevention, caring for thepatient displaying challenging behaviour, maternal and perinatalmental health problems, mental health problems associated with oldage, mood disorders, and illicit drug and alcohol dependence.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781405124553
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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