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Introductory Mental Health Nursing
·New content on cultural, ethnic, and religious issues and factors that affect mental health, such as stress, anxiety, grief, and loss,
prepares students for effective practice.
·Crisis intervention content has been expanded to include victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and bullying and new
assessment tools and scales for suicide, violence, and trauma enrich the presentation.
·The treatment of mental illness, including approach and goals, components of care, and types of therapy, along with a
generalized pharmacologic treatment overview, appears in Chapter 5.
·Unit V has been restructured to discuss disorders and issues of children/adolescents and expanded to include care of the
intellectually disabled child (Chapter 18).
·Chapter 19 now covers the disorders and issues of the older adult.
·The built-in student workbook has been enhanced with new NCLEX-style student review questions.
·At a Glance
sections highlight or summarize key information for better recall and retention.
·Just the Facts
entries provide additional information on key topics.
·Mind Jogger
critical thinking questions
promote deeper understanding.
·Senior Focus
features provide key information specific to the care of the older adult or elderly client.
·Client Post
sections provide disorder-related and support information that students can use to teach clients and/or their families.
·Case Application
s provide actual scenarios with guided questions to help students apply the nursing process to resolve clinical
problems.
·Chapter-ending Student Worksheets
help students learn and retain key information through fill-in-the-blank, matching, and
multiple-choice (NCLEX-style) questions.
Ancillary Assets:
Master the information you need to deal effectively with the mental health issues you will encounter in a variety of healthcare
settings with
Introductory Mental Health Nursing, 3e.
This student-friendly text written specifically for LPN/LVN students
provides easy-to-understand, clinically relevant information on mental health nursing, supported by real life cases, a built-in
workbook, a striking full color design, and a wide range of innovative features designed to support you every step of the way as
you develop the knowledge you’ll need for success in your future career.
·Just the Facts
entries provide additional information on key topics.
·At a Glance
sections highlight or summarize key information for better recall and retention.
·Mind Jogger
critical thinking questions
help you develop a deeper understanding of the material.
·Senior Focus
features provide key information specific to the care of the older adult or elderly client.
·Client Post
sections provide disorder-related and support information that you can use to teach clients and/or their families.
·Case Application
s provide actual scenarios with guided questions to help you apply the nursing process to resolve the identified
problem.
·Chapter-ending Student Worksheets
help you learn and retain key information through fill-in-the-blank, matching, and
multiple-choice (NCLEX-style) questions.
·Online Practice & Learn Activities
related to therapeutic communication, antidepressants, and dementia present case scenarios
with interactive exercises and questions to give you practice in applying key concepts.
·Online Clin Sim Case Studies
include scenarios related to acute mania, major depressive disorder, and paranoid schizophrenia
to help you understand the real life presentation of various disorders.
Discovery Questions:
Competition:
Foundations of Mental Health Care
Morrison-Valfre
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Neeb's Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing
Gorman & Anwar
/ 978-0-8036-2993-6 $0.00 / 2/1/14 / / 512pp. /
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