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Psychiatric mental health nursing : an introduction to theory and practice

Title
Psychiatric mental health nursing : an introduction to theory and practice / [edited by] Patricia G. O'Brien, Winifred Z. Kennedy, Karen A. Ballard.
Publication
Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2013], ©2013.

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Additional Authors
  • O'Brien, Patricia G.
  • Kennedy, Winifred Z.
  • Ballard, Karen A.
Description
xxvi, 740 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Subject
  • Psychiatric nursing
  • Mental Disorders > nursing
  • Nursing Theory
  • Psychiatric Nursing > methods
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction to psychiatric-mental health nursing -- Psychiatric-mental health nursing: practice issues -- The nurse-client relationship and therapeutic communication -- The psychiatric nursing assessment -- Neurobiologic considerations in psychiatric care -- Psychopharmacology -- Crises, psychiatric emergencies, and disasters -- Legal and ethical considerations -- Group theory and practice -- Holistic nursing and complementary modalities -- Family and intimate partner violence -- Disorders diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence -- Dementia, delirium, amnesia, and other cognitive disorders -- Mental disorders due to general medical conditions -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety and dissociative disorders -- Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering -- Sexual disorders and gender identity disorder -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Impulse-control disorders -- Personality disorders -- Clients with chronic mental illness -- Clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Children and adolescents -- The aging client -- Appendix I. Psychiatric-mental health standards of nursing practice -- Appendix II. NANDA-I nursing diagnoses..
ISBN
  • 9781449646080 (pbk.)
  • 1449646085 (pbk.)
  • 9781449651749
  • 1449651747
LCCN
2011034752
OCLC
  • ocn747167853
  • 747167853
  • SCSB-8858416
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries