Master the basic knowledge, therapeutic communication capabilities, and patient interaction skills essential to your success in psychiatric nursing practice with this up-to-date, easy-to-use text. Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing, Third Edition, is rich with clinical examples and explanations that clarify challenging concepts and help you build the clinical judgment to excel in the care of patients with common mental health problems. New! Content helps you recognize and address the effects of COVID-19 on mental health and embrace changes in the practice and delivery of mental health nursing, such as virtual therapy. Updated! Coverage of veteran care empowers you to confidently manage specific mental health issues affecting military veterans and their families. Updated! Community nursing care coverage helps you make a confident transition to practice outside of traditional hospital settings, increasing your career prospects. Unfolding Patient Stories, written by the National League for Nursing, engage you in realistic practice scenarios and inspire valuable classroom dialogue. Concept Mastery Alerts clarify mental health nursing concepts to improve your understand of potentially confusing topics as identified by Lippincott® Adaptive Learning powered by PrepU. NCLEX® Notes keep you focused on important application areas for NCLEX preparation.
Case Studies threaded throughout disorder chapters guide you through the care process for patients with specific disorders. Emergency Care Alerts help you identify emergency situations in psychiatric nursing care and respond accordingly. Evidence-Based Nursing Care of Persons with Selected Disorders sections deepen your understanding of the most commonly occurring major psychiatric disorders. Nursing Care Plans (found online) based on case scenarios in the book familiarize you with the most effective diagnostic and care delivery approaches for particular diagnoses. Research for Best practice boxes emphasize the importance of clinical evidence in today's psychiatric nursing practice and reinforce chapter content with relevant findings and implications. Therapeutic Dialogue boxes compare and contrast therapeutic and nontherapeutic conversations to strengthen your communication skills. Psychoeducation checklists boost your critical thinking and client education capabilities. Clinical Vignette boxes build clinical judgment by challenging you to identify solutions to reality-based clinical portraits.
Drug Profiles familiarize you with commonly prescribed medications for patients with mental health problems. Key Diagnostic Characteristics summaries provide fast access to diagnostic criteria, target symptoms, and associated findings for select disorders, described in the DSM-5-TR by the America Psychiatric Association. Patient Education, Family, and Emergency icons alert you to important opportunities and considerations for applying content to practice. Book jacket.