Mental Health Nursing: An Introductory Text / Edition 1

by Signe S. Hill RN, BSN, MA, Barbara B. Bauer RN, MSN

Overview

This concise, two-color text provides brief coverage of only the most common psychiatric disorders and the information needed to recognize significant client behavior problems and to understand the basis of those problems and related behavioral patterns. Its clear and practical approach helps readers learn how to tailor therapeutic responses to a client's individual illness and to understand their nursing responsibilities for a full range of modern treatments, including psychotherapeutic medications.

Reality checks exist throughout the text, which aim to bring the material into the students world

Emphasises critical thinking through key questions at the end of each chapter.

Evaluation exercises aid student learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780721677538
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	11/02/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bauer, Barbara B., RN, MSN (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College); Hill, Signe S., RN, BSN, MA (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College)

Table of Contents

PERSPECTIVES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE · A Brief Historical Perspective of the Mental Health Movement · Influences on Mental Health Services · Spiritual and Cultural Considerations · Stigma and Related Legal and Ethical Issues · MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH · Team Members · Developing a Therapeutic Milieu · Communication and Mental Health · Data Collection · NURSING RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC DISORDERS · Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescent Disorders · Cognitive Disorders · Substance Related Disorders · Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders · Depressive Mood Disorders · Bipolar Mood Disorders · Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders · Dissociative Disorders and Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders · Eating Disorders · Personality Disorders · Mental Health Problems in Non-Psychiatric Settings · Older Adults and Mental Health · INTERVENTIONS · Stress, Crisis and Crisis Intervention · Psychopharmacology · Physical and Medical Therapies · Psychotherapies · Behavior Management · Relationship Between Physiological and Psychological Needs · Enhancing Personal Strengths · Managing Aggressive Behavior · Community Reentry · Behaviors that Challenge the Nurse · APPENDICES · JCAHO Criteria for the Therapeutic Milieu · DSM-IV Terminology · Suggestions for Further Reading · Evaluation Exercises · Glossary

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Eileen Trigoboff, RN, CS, DNS (Buffalo Psychiatric Center)
Description: This introduction to mental health nursing is an overview of the various aspects of mental health, the care continuum, and societal perspectives on emotional aspects of life.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide information the student can apply while dealing with the emotional issues of a client's illnesses. The authors include explicit directions to the student to return to certain content areas for review and to track progress. The LPN/LVN role is clearly defined.
Audience: The audience is the generic nursing student. The authors establish the foundations for viewing each client as an individual and developing the ability to address emotional needs regardless of the setting. This book is useful for beginning students regardless of the specialty area in nursing. The authors are qualified and experienced professional nurses.
Features: This book is nicely organized into four units that may be covered in any order. Chapters have Critical Thinking questions students can answer about themselves and a rating scale to gauge skill level is included. Each topic is covered in a somewhat abridged manner, giving general ideas to work with and a foundation that would need to be built upon to function in the specialty. Still, this format serves the medical-surgical nursing student well. The chapter questions are useful as they instruct further.
Assessment: This book is comprehensive and easy to use for the nursing student. The information is thought-provoking and respectful of the science of nursing as well as the experience of requiring mental health care.

Doody's Review Service

3 Stars from Doody

This introduction to mental health nursing is an overview of the various aspects of mental health, the care continuum, and societal perspectives on emotional aspects of life. The purpose is to provide information the student can apply while dealing with the emotional issues of a client's illnesses. The authors include explicit directions to the student to return to certain content areas for review and to track progress. The LPN/LVN role is clearly defined. The audience is the generic nursing student. The authors establish the foundations for viewing each client as an individual and developing the ability to address emotional needs regardless of the setting. This book is useful for beginning students regardless of the specialty area in nursing. The authors are qualified and experienced professional nurses. This book is nicely organized into four units that may be covered in any order. Chapters have Critical Thinking questions students can answer about themselves and a rating scale to gauge skill level is included. Each topic is covered in a somewhat abridged manner, giving general ideas to work with and a foundation that would need to be built upon to function in the specialty. Still, this format serves the medical-surgical nursing student well. The chapter questions are useful as they instruct further. This book is comprehensive and easy to use for the nursing student. The information is thought-provoking and respectful of the science of nursing as well as the experience of requiring mental health care.

Eileen Trigoboff