Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Psychiatric**Gain the skills you need to provide safe and effective psychiatric nursing care! Keltner's Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition provides a solid foundation in the knowledge required to manage and care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management emphasizing the nurse's three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the therapeutic environment. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® exam-style case studies to help you learn clinical judgment and prepare for success on the NCLEX. Known for its clear and friendly writing style, this text covers psychiatric nursing like no other book on the market.- UNIQUE! 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 personal, helpful tips from Norman Keltner — an expert educator and the book's erstwhile author — in each chapter- UNIQUE! Putting It All Together summaries are provided at the end of each psychopathology chapter- DSM-5 information is integrated throughout the text, along with new ICNP content- Nursing care plans highlight the nurse's role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders- Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies- Critical thinking questions help you develop clinical reasoning skills- Family Issues boxes highlight the issues that families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness- Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families- Learning resources on the Evolve website include lecture slides, psychotropic drug monographs, and NCLEX® exam-style review questions- NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style case studies and NGN item types are included for five of the major mental health disorders, allowing you to apply clinical judgment skills- NEW! Updated Clinical Examples discuss real-world situations relating to mental health- NEW! COVID-19 resources and research includes information relevant to psychiatric nursing care- NEW! International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) nursing diagnoses, from the International Council of Nurses, include straightforward, evidence-based terminology that is easily translatable across settings and disciplines
Table of Contents
UNIT I. The Basics1. Me, Meds, Milieu2. Historical Issues3. Legal Issues4. Psychobiologic Bases of Behavior5. Cultural Issues6. Spirituality IssuesUNIT II. You (Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship)7. Models for Working With Psychiatric Patients8. Learning to Communicate Professionally9. Working With an Individual Patient10. Working With Groups of Patients11. Working With the FamilyUNIT III. Medication (Psychopharmacology)12. Introduction to Psychotropic Drugs13. Antiparkinsonian Drugs14. Antipsychotic Drugs15. Antidepressant Drugs16. Antimanic Drugs17. Antianxiety Drugs18. Antidementia Drugs19. Alternative Preparations and Over-the-Counter DrugsUNIT IV. Environment: Milieu Management20. Introduction to Milieu Management21. Variables Affecting the Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide22. Therapeutic Environment in Various Treatment SettingsUNIT V. Putting It All Together (Psychopathology)23. Introduction to Psychopathology24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders25. Depressive Disorders26. Bipolar Disorders27. Anxiety-Related, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma and Stressor-Related, Somatic, and Dissociative Disorders28. Neurocognitive Disorders29. Personality Disorders30. Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria31. Substance Use Disorders32. Eating DisordersUNIT VI. Special Populations33. Survivors of Violence and Trauma34. Children and Adolescents35. Older Adults36. Soldiers and Veterans
