Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing – E-Book

Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to keep in mind the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how one can provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrated explanations of the neurobiology of disorders, DSM-5 criteria for major disorders, and nursing care plans. From clinical nurse specialist and lead creator Dr. Margaret Jordan Halter, this bestselling text includes new Next Generation NCLEX^® content to prepare you for success on your PMHN certification exam.

• Case Study and Nursing Care Plan boxes include real-life vignettes of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes describe up to date research studies and how their findings impact nursing practice.
• Six-step nursing process is followed in clinical chapters, providing consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.
• Learning features include key terms and concepts, key points to needless to say, critical thinking, and chapter reviews.
• Conversational, mentor-like writing style reinforces important information and helps in applying textbook content to the clinical setting.
• Coverage of therapeutic communication techniques and nontherapeutic communication provides tips that will help you build patient interaction skills.
• Assessment Guidelines summarize the steps of patient assessment for quite a lot of disorders.
• Considering Culture boxes discuss the importance of person-centered care in providing competent care to diverse populations in quite a lot of clinical situations.
• Patient and Circle of relatives Teaching boxesfocus at the nurse’s role in helping patients and families keep in mind psychiatric disorders, treatments, complications, and medication side effects.