Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
pThe 6SUPth/SUP edition of this market-leading textbook offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric mental health nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style help you quickly master key concepts. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application with a wealth of real-world examples to prepare you for practice./pulliUNIQUE! A conversational, user-friendly writing style helps you quickly grasp complex psychiatric mental health nursing concepts./li pliClinical chapters are logically and consistently organized with sections on the clinical picture, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and application of the nursing process. /li pliClinical chapters follow the nursing process, providing you with consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention./li pliVignettes prepare you for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterizations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders. /li pliCoverage of psychopharmacology in clinical chapters familiarizes you with specific drug treatment options, including the most commonly used drugs and important nursing considerations for their use./li pliAssessment Guidelines boxes list essential guidelines for comprehensive patient assessment./li pliCase Studies with Nursing Care Plans present individualized histories of patients with specific psychiatric disorders and include interventions with rationales and evaluation statements for each patient goal./li pliA separate chapter on cultural implications, as well as Considering Culture boxes throughout the text, provides essential information on culture, worldviews, and techniques for providing culturally competent care./li pliCoverage of treatment and recovery in the community addresses the need for successful ongoing psychiatric mental health nursing care in the community setting. /liliA chapter on end-of-life care examines the psychological impact of terminal illness and death on patients, families, and nurses./li/ululliUpdated nursing process and clinical chapters keep you current with the latest ANA Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice./li pliAn increased focus on health promotion and recovery reflects federal, state, and local initiatives to improve screening methods, patient and family teaching, rehabilitation, and community treatment options for people who have mental illnesses./li pliEnhanced Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize the profound impact of research-and your potential role in that process-on the advancement of psychiatric treatment options./li pliA new chapter on sleep disorders covers the most common sleep disturbances and their relationships to psychiatric illness, as well as the nurse's role in their assessment and management./li pliA new chapter on sexual dysfunction and sexual disorders examines the complex issue of sexual behavior and provides the information you need to conduct a sexual assessment, identify sexual dysfunctions and disorders, recognize nursing implications, and formulate interventions./li /ul
