Psychiatric Nursing / Edition 8

by Norman L. Keltner EdD, RN, CRNP, Debbie Steele

Overview

Learn the therapeutic skills you need for your role in psychiatric nursing care! Psychiatric Nursing uses a practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management that clearly explains how to care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It emphasizes the nurse's three primary tools: themselves, medications, and the environment. Written by Norman L. Keltner, Carol E. Bostrom, and Teena McGuinness, each an educator and advanced practice nurse, this text covers the latest trends and treatments and provides a solid, real-world foundation for the practice of safe and effective psychiatric nursing care.

• Unique! A 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 helpful tips from the lead author at the beginning of each chapter, making it easier to understand difficult topics.
• Unique! Putting It All Together summaries are provided at the end of each chapter.
• Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that should be provided to patients and families.
• Family Issues boxes highlight the issues families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness.
• Nursing care plans emphasize assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders.
• Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies.
• Clinical examples from the authors' own experiences illustrate concepts with real-life clinical situations.
• Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter preview the important principles to follow.
• Study Notes summarize each chapter's important content.
• Critical thinking questions help you expand your clinical reasoning skills.

• Suicide and Other Self Destructive Behaviors chapter identifies risk factors associated with suicidality and various forms and characteristics of self-mutilation.
• War Related Psychiatric Disorders chapter describes the symptoms and treatment options for posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury patients.
• New approach for Introduction to Milieu Management chapter recognizes the shift of the therapeutic environment from inpatient units to community settings, plus nurses' changing roles.
• New approach for Nutraceuticals and Mental Health chapter focuses on foods that provide health and medical benefits.
• Student resources on the companion Evolve website include downloadable audio chapter summaries, NCLEX^® examination-style review questions, psychotropic drug monographs, and learning activities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323479516
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	08/17/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Keltner, Norman L., RN, EdD, CRNP (Univ of Alabama at Birmingham); Schwecke, Lee Hilyard, RN, MSN, EdD (Indiana Univ); Bostrom, Carol E., RN, MSN, CS (Indiana Univ)

Table of Contents

Unit I: The Basics

1. You, Medication, Environment: 3 Tools of the Psychiatric Nurse 2. Historical Issues 3. Legal Issues 4. Psychobiologic Bases of Behavior 5. Cultural Issues 6. Spiritual 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. 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. Cognitive Disorders 29. Personality Disorders 30. Sexual Disorders 31. Substance Abuse 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

Appendix North American Nursing Diagnosis Association Approved Nursing Diagnoses

Glossary Index

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Master the skills you need to care for patients with psychiatric disorders

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Laura Kelly, PhD, APN (Columbia University School of Nursing)
Description: This is the eighth edition of an introduction to psychiatric nursing for entry level nursing programs. Chapters are well organized and include critical thinking questions as well as study summaries.
Purpose: The purpose, as identified in the preface, is to deliver a clear, concise, straightforward approach to psychiatric nursing that students will enjoy reading.
Audience: The book is written for entry level nursing students for use during the psychiatric nursing portion of the curriculum. The book is written at the correct level for this audience. The vast majority of the authors and reviewers are psychiatric advanced practice nurses who also have university affiliations.
Features: The best aspect of the book is the concise way in which it is written. It is well organized into six units and the objectives are clearly defined for each chapter. The majority of the book reviews the most important aspects of psychiatric nursing — the relationship with clients and the milieu. A unique feature are the textboxes with "Norm's notes" that provide real-world clinical examples to further expand a topic. They are enjoyable to read and helpful to provide context.
Assessment: This is an excellent choice for beginning psychiatric nursing students. The focus on the relationship with the client as well as a basic understanding of systems of care for psychiatric illness gives students everything they need in an easy-to-read book.

Doody's Review Service

3 Stars from Doody

This text is the third edition of a comprehensive and forthrightly written psychiatric nursing text. The previous editions were published in1991 and 1995. The purpose is to present accurate and meaningful psychiatric nursing topics in a non-sexist language style with features that keep the student in mind, including straightforward language describing the psychotherapeutic management model of psychiatric nursing. These goals are worthy and well met. This book is written for the student, to address important issues of care, and for experts, to refine their care throughout every aspect of practice. The editors and contributors are clinically expert and present the topic areas thoroughly. Many fine features of this text enhance learning. The tear-out worksheets for each chapter and the drug cards are especially useful. Good historical background was noted in several areas, which increases the reader's interest and applicability of the material. The illustrations are generally useful; some are basic with unclear elements. Appendixes and the index are relevant, detailed, and help weave concepts of the text and the realities of practice together. This is a good psychiatric nursing text with clear definitions and descriptions of the psychotherapeutic management model of psychiatric nursing and role differentiations. The updated information in this edition is especially useful for educating and practicing contemporary psychiatric nursing.

Eileen Trigoboff

• Full-text reviews of the current edition will be commissioned in anticipation of the revision.
• First-draft manuscript of new key chapters will be reviewed by at least two nurse educators and/or clinicians for completeness and accuracy.
• TestBank questions will be reviewed by at least one nurse educator for completeness and accuracy.

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