cover image - Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9780323791984
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 06-14-2022
Page Count: 552
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $91.99

Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition

by Debbie Steele

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9780323791984
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 06-14-2022
Page Count: 552
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $91.99
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Gain the skills you need to provide safe and effective psychiatric nursing care! Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition provides a solid foundation in the knowledge required to manage and care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management emphasizing the nurse’s three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the therapeutic environment. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® exam-style case studies to help you learn clinical judgment and prepare for success on the NCLEX. Known for its clear and friendly writing style, this text covers psychiatric nursing like no other book on the market.

    • UNIQUE! Practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management includes: 1) the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, 2) psychopharmacology, and 3) milieu management
    • UNIQUE! Norm’s Notes offer personal, helpful tips from Norman Keltner — an expert educator and the book’s erstwhile author — in each chapter
    • UNIQUE! Putting It All Together summaries are provided at the end of each psychopathology chapter
    • DSM-5 information is integrated throughout the text, along with new ICNP content
    • Nursing care plans highlight the nurse’s role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders
    • Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies
    • Critical thinking questions help you develop clinical reasoning skills
    • Family Issues boxes highlight the issues that families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness
    • Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families
    • Learning resources on the Evolve website include lecture slides, psychotropic drug monographs, and NCLEX® exam-style review questions
    • NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style case studies and NGN item types are included for five of the major mental health disorders, allowing you to apply clinical judgment skills
    • NEW! Updated Clinical Examples discuss real-world situations relating to mental health
    • NEW! COVID-19 resources and research includes information relevant to psychiatric nursing care
    • NEW! International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) nursing diagnoses, from the International Council of Nurses, include straightforward, evidence-based terminology that is easily translatable across settings and disciplines
  • UNIT I. The Basics
    1. Me, Meds, Milieu
    2. Historical Issues
    3. Legal Issues
    4. Psychobiologic Bases of Behavior
    5. Cultural Issues
    6. Spirituality Issues

    UNIT II. You (Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship)
    7. Models for Working With Psychiatric Patients
    8. Learning to Communicate Professionally
    9. Working With an Individual Patient
    10. Working With Groups of Patients
    11. Working With the Family

    UNIT III. Medication (Psychopharmacology)
    12. Introduction to Psychotropic Drugs
    13. Antiparkinsonian Drugs
    14. Antipsychotic Drugs
    15. Antidepressant Drugs
    16. Antimanic Drugs
    17. Antianxiety Drugs
    18. Antidementia Drugs
    19. Alternative Preparations and Over-the-Counter Drugs

    UNIT IV. Environment: Milieu Management
    20. Introduction to Milieu Management
    21. Variables Affecting the Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide
    22. Therapeutic Environment in Various Treatment Settings

    UNIT V. Putting It All Together (Psychopathology)
    23. Introduction to Psychopathology
    24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
    25. Depressive Disorders
    26. Bipolar Disorders
    27. Anxiety-Related, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma and Stressor-Related, Somatic, and Dissociative Disorders
    28. Neurocognitive Disorders
    29. Personality Disorders
    30. Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
    31. Substance Use Disorders
    32. Eating Disorders

    UNIT VI. Special Populations
    33. Survivors of Violence and Trauma
    34. Children and Adolescents
    35. Older Adults
    36. Soldiers and Veterans
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