Schaum's Outline of Psychiatric Nursing e-bog

Study faster, learn better, and get top gradesModified to conform to the current curriculum, Schaum's Outline of Psychiatric Nursing complements these courses in scope and sequence to help you understand its basic concepts. The book offers extra practice on topics such as as biological basis for understanding psychotropic drugs, legal and ethical guidelines for safe practice, understanding anxiety and anxiety defenses, somatoform and dissociative disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, suicide, psychological needs of the medically ill, psychosocial needs of the older adult, therapeutic groups, etc. You'll also get coverage of culturally relevant mental health nursing, understanding stress and holistic approaches to stress, personality disorders, mood disorders, and care of the chemically impaired. Appropriate for the following course: Psychiatric nursingFeatures:350 review questions with answersComprehensive review of specialized topics such as mental health nursing in acute care settings, mental health nursing in community settings, the clinical interview & communication skills, and psychopharmacologySupport for all the major textbooks for psychiatric nursing coursesTopics include: Introduction to Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Conceptual Frameworks and Nursing Theorists in Psychiatric Nursing, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Psychiatric Nursing, Children and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders, Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders, Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders, Personality Disorders, Eating Disorders, Mood Disorders: Bipolar and Depression, The Schizophrenias and Other Psychotic Disorders, Cognitive Disorders: Delirium and Dementia, Substance Related Disorders, Psychiatric Emergencies, Treatment Modalities