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Author Kneisl, Carol Ren.

Title Contemporary psychiatric-mental health nursing / Carol Ren Kneisl, Eileen Trigoboff.

Publication Info. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2009]
©2009

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  OVERSIZE 616.890231 K68C    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xxxvi, 988 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
System Details System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: for Macintosh and Windows.
Contents The strength and structure of psychiatric-mental health nursing. Psychiatric-mental health clients: who are they? ; Psychiatric-mental health nurses: whore they? ; Artful therapeutic practice -- Theoretical basis for psychiatric-mental health nursing. Philosophy and theories for interdisciplinary psychiatric care ; Psychobiology. behavior, and mental disorders ; The science of psychopharmacology ; Stress, anxiety, and coping ; Mental health, mental disorder, and cultural competence -- Psychiatric-mental health nursing processes. Communicating and relating ; Assessing ; Creating hospital and community-based therapeutic environments ; Ethics, clients' rights, and legal and forensic issues -- Clients with mental disorders. Cognitive disorders ; Substance-related disorders ; Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders ; Mood disorders ; Anxiety and dissociative disorders ; Somatoform and sleep disorders ; Gender identity and sexual disorders ; Eating disorders ; Personality disorders -- Vulnerable populations. Clients at risk for suicide and self-destructive behavior ; Persons a risk for abuse or violence ; Psychiatric-mental health clients with HIV/AIDS ; Children ; Adolescents ; Elders -- Intervention strategies and outcomes. Counseling the individual ; Group and family interventions ; Cognitive and behavioral interventions ; Psychopharmacologic nursing interventions ; Complementary and alternative healing practices ; Crisis intervention ; Intervening in violence in the psychiatric setting.
Subject Psychiatric nursing.
Mental Disorders -- nursing.
Psychiatric Nursing -- methods.
Added Author Trigoboff, Eileen.
ISBN 9780132434898
013243489X
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