The 4th Edition of this popular text clearly and concisely presents the fundamentals of psychiatric nursing in a user friendly design and reader-friendly writing style that reflects the voice of a single author.Continued emphasis on holistic nursing and mind/body connection includes both physical and psychosocial nursing diagnoses for physiological disorders (e.g., asthma, migraine headache, hypertension) and for psychological disorders (such as somatoform and eating disorders).It includes a brand-new chapter - Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. It provides discussions of concept mapping and concept map care plans for all major psychiatric disorders. It provides up-to-date coverage of the latest psychotropic drugs. It features "Core Concept" boxes in all chapters.It provides updated NANDA terminology. It includes in-depth content on the bereaved individual, dementia, disaster nursing, and suicide, as well as psychosocial therapies. It provides comprehensive, information on psychotropic medications. It provides twenty-one sample "Client Teaching Guides" for psychotropic medications and psychiatric illnesses which then can be reproduced for use in patient education. It provides "Implications of Research for Evidence-Based Practice" for specific nursing interventions. It includes "Test Your Critical Thinking Skills" boxes with case studies and exercises. It includes appendices with DSM-IV-TR classifications, NANDA diagnoses and behaviors, critical pathways, and guidelines for mental health assessment, as well as a complete glossary.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
The chapters should be in a different more organized order:
I don't really like the way this book is layed out. My instructor jumps around too much in it and I can't keep up. In one lecture she teaches stuff from 4 different chapters here and there. So, this book could be layed out a little more organized in the next edition. It's fairly easy to read though. But a little wordy at times and can be repetitive.
psyche book:
The book is informative and doesn't confuse you with too much information. It is also small and light weight compared to my other nursing books.
Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Third Edition:
Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Third Edition
Great Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing book with CD:
Great Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing book with CD. I highly recommend this book for nursing students taking Psych. The CD has very useful questions. A must have...for nursing students.
