Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Corporate Author International Nurses Society on Addictions, issuing body.

Title Core curriculum of addictions nursing / IntNSA, International Nurses Society on Addictions ; [edited by] Al Rundio, PhD, DNP, RN, APRN, CARN-AP, NEA-BC, DPNAP, Associate Dean for Post Licensure Nursing Programs: RN to BSN Program, Graduate Nursing & Doctoral Programs & CNE, Clinical Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing & Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, William J. Lorman, PhD, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Livengrin Foundation, Inc., Bensalem, OPA, Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2015]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Reference Material  Ref. 616.86 I61C    In-Library Use Only
Edition Third edition.
Description xvi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Note Revised edition of: The core curriculum of addiction nursing. 2nd ed. Raleigh, N.C. : International Nurses Society on Addictions, c2006.
"Official publication of the International Nurses Society on Addictions."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction to the specialty of addictions nursing -- Theoretical perspectives -- Neurobiology of addiction -- Health promotion and risk reduction -- Diagnosing and treatment of addictions -- Evolving process of recovery, change, and growth -- Special populations -- Nicotine dependency -- General psychopharmacology -- Pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders.
Summary "Prepping for certification? Core Curriculum of Addictions Nursing is your ticket to becoming a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse (CARN) or Certified Addictions Registered NurseAdvanced Practice (CARN-AP). Indispensable for all practice areas, this factual, practical aid will guide you to develop and expand the knowledge and clinical skills required for caring for patients with addictions. This is a must-read not only for acing the exam, but for practicing insightful, evidence-based addictions nursing. This book is a revision of two previous addictions. The need is that this book can be utilized by RNs and APNs preparing to take the nursing certification board examinations in addictions nursing. This book can also be utilized by faculty developing a nursing curriculum in addictions nursing and substance use disorders. It aims to help nurses achieve success on the basic and advanced addictions nursing certification examination by providing invaluable clinical guidance, current data, and evidence-based practices for all settings and practice areas, aiding with the development or expansion of knowledge of skills in caring for clients potentially or actually affected by addictive processes."-- Description from Amazon.com.
Subject Substance abuse -- Nursing -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Substance-Related Disorders -- nursing.
Substance abuse -- Nursing. (OCoLC)fst01136786
Genre/Form Outlines.
Outlines and syllabi. (OCoLC)fst01423836
Added Author Rundio, Al, editor.
Lorman, William J., editor.
Added Title Core curriculum of addiction nursing
ISBN 9781451194036
145119403X
-->
Add a Review