Varcarolis' essentials of psychiatric-mental health nursing : a communication approach to evidence-based care

Fosbre, Chyllia D. (author.). Varcarolis, Elizabeth M., (author.). Chiappetta, Lorraine, (editor.).

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Record details

ISBN: 9780323810302
ISBN: 0323810306
Physical Description: print
xvii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Unit I: Essential Theoretical Concepts for Practice. Practicing the Science and the Art of Psychiatric Nursing -- Mental Health and Mental Illness -- Theories and Therapies -- Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology -- Settings for Psychiatric Care -- Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice -- Unit II: Tools for Practice of the Art.-- The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing -- Standards of Practice for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing -- Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice -- Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview -- Unit III: Caring for Patients with Psychobiological Disorders -- Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders -- Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders -- Somatic Symptom Disorders -- Personality Disorders -- Eating Disorders -- Mood Disorders: Depression -- Bipolar Spectrum Disorders -- Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Neurocognitive Disorders -- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- Unit IV: Caring for Patients Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies -- Crisis and Mass Disaster -- Child, Partner, and Elder Violence -- Sexual Violence -- Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors -- Anger, Aggression, and Violence -- Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve -- Unit V: Age-Related Mental Health Disorders -- Children and Adolescents -- Adults -- Older Adults.