Mental Health for Nursing: Volume 1 Engelska 2012

This book "Mental Health for Nursing" is primarily aimed at nurses studying for the general as well as B.Sc. courses. It is intended to provide a broad theoretical background both for examinations and for practical work on the wards. This all in one textbook focuses on the subject in a simple and lucid manner. This book delivers a solid, easy to understand introduction to all aspects of mental health. This clinical guide will help nurses to plan realistic nursing care plans individualized to their patient's present level of functioning and priority of needs. This book provides a brief yet comprehensive account of subject with many tables and charts, and important Key Points at the end of each chapter for quick recall. Chapter 1 to 15 presents an overview of history of psychiatric nursing, psychiatric nursing principles, psycho-social nursing care planning, clinical interview and communication skills, sign and symptoms in psychiatry and legal and ethical aspects in mental health nursing. Chapter 15 to 28 examine a full range of psychiatric syndromes and their clinical phenomena, available treatment modalities and role of nurse, various nursing assessment tools and nursing interventions and role of nurse in community mental health.