Full Description
This text provides a clear, concentrated, and up-to-date review of today's "need to know" knowledge for effective psychiatric and mental health nursing. Developed and reviewed by a large team of nurse educators, PEARSON REVIEWS & RATIONALES: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING WITH NURSING REVIEWS & RATIONALES, 3/e fully reflects the current (2010) NCLEX-RN (R) Test Plan. The text thoroughly covers mental health nursing, including every major diagnostic category. Additional chapters focus on crisis intervention and suicide; family violence and sexual assault, loss and grief; and the psychological adaptation to medical illness. Since mental health questions are unique and distress many students, Chapter 1 presents specific techniques and strategies for answering the NCLEX-RN (R) exam's psychosocial integrity questions. A complete support package includes access to additional questions and the complete eText online, and a tear-out NursingNotes card for clinical reference and quick review. Hundreds of practice questions in the book and online at www.nursingreviewsandrationales.com help students measure their readiness for the NCLEX-RN (R). In addition, you can access an eText version of this book on this website
Contents
Preface 1. Overview of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing2. Crisis Intervention and Suicide3. Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, and Developmental Disabilities4. Mood Disorders5. Anxiety Disorders6. Somatoform Disorders7. Dissociative Disorders8. Personality Disorders9. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders10. Delirium, Dementia, and Other Cognitive Mental Disorders11. Substance Use Disorders12. Family Violence and Sexual Assault13. Loss, Grief, and Death14. Psychological Adaptation to Medical IllnessAppendix. Practice to Pass & Case Studies Suggested AnswersIndex
