Full Description
First edition named a Doody's Core Title and winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!Psychiatric nursing practice has changed dramatically to accommodate increasing patient acuity and an evolving healthcare landscape. In addition, the inter-relationship of medical illness and psychiatric symptoms can make treatment and care challenging for nurses regardless of where they practice. Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing: Clinical Strategies, Medical Considerations, and Practical Interventions reflects these factors by focusing on four particularly challenging aspects: keeping the patient safe, stabilizing symptoms, promoting engagement in treatment, and discharge planning. In a systematic, easy-to-access format, it offers evidence-based interventions and concrete strategies that can be used alleviate patient distress and effectively deliver care.
This expanded and updated second edition is organized according to patient behaviors and interventions that nurses can employ to manage those behaviors. Each behavioral-focused chapter follows a consistent format so that readers can easily locate key information at point of care and concludes with a quick-reference table that summarizes goals, patient assessment, maintenance of safety, appropriate interventions, and next steps. The book also addresses a variety of medical conditions that may be complicated by psychiatric illness or have symptoms that may be erroneously attributed to mental illness. This symptomatic approach provides guidance for nurses and other healthcare professionals working with patients with behavioral disturbances—regardless of the cause or the practice setting.
New to This Edition:
Expanded coverage of the inter-relationship of medical illness and psychiatric symptoms
Expanded coverage on the management of barriers to being therapeutic
New chapter on key medical considerations for the psychiatric patient
Key Features:
Provides evidence-based interventions designed to modify and manage challenging and disruptive patient behavior in all practice settings
Addresses psychiatric issues in medical settings and medical issues in psychiatric settings
Features quick-reference tables that summarize goals, patient assessment, maintenance of safety, appropriate interventions, and next steps
Demonstrates application to practice with real-life scenarios
Purchase includes access to the eBook for use on most mobile devices or computers
Contents
Contributors and Reviewers
Preface
Part I. MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS
Chapter 1. The Patient with Anger
Chapter 2. The Patient with Anxiety
Chapter 3. The Patient with Disorganization
Chapter 4. The Patient with Manic Behavior
Chapter 5. Non-suicidal Self Injury
Chapter 6. The Patient in Pain
Chapter 7. The Patient with Paranoia
Chapter 8. The Patient with Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 9. The Patient at Risk for Suicide
Chapter 10. The Patient Who Is Withdrawn
Part II. SPECIFIC TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS
Chapter 11. Family Interventions
Chapter 12. Medication Administration
Chapter 13. Relaxation Techniques
Chapter 14. Sensory Interventions
Chapter 15. Therapeutic One to One
Chapter 16. Managing Violence
Chapter 17. Management of Barriers to Being Therapeutic
Chapter 18. Medical Considerations for the Psychiatric Patient
Index
