Psychiatric and mental health nursing demystified

✍ Scribed by Keogh, James Edward

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education/Medical
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 544
• Series: McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Key concepts, major theories, and advanced trends simplified and explained Whether you're a student seeking to excel in a course or a professional nurse transitioning into psychiatric and mental health nursing, this is the book you need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced trends of this specialty. In order to make the learning process as effective as possible, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing DeMYSTiFieD includes learning objectives in every chapter, along with key terms, a brief overview of topics, content summaries, chapter-ending review questions, and explanatory tables and diagrams. The book also includes a comprehensive final exam with NCLEX-style quesions covering all of the content found in the book"-- Read more...

Abstract:

Helps you master psychiatric and mental health nursing and use your knowledge in real-world situations. This title offers an overview of this field, including neurobiology, pharmacology, therapeutic communication, psychiatric assessment, theoretical models of care, and more. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Foundation of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Mental illness : Models of human behavior
Therapeutic relationship
Therapeutic communication
Barriers to communication
Defense mechanisms
Legal environment
Psychiatric therapies
Psychiatric assessment tests
American Nurses Association Standards of Care
Nursing assessment
Mental status examination
Summarize the nursing assessment
Developing a nursing diagnosis --
2. Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Childhood and adolescent mental illness --
Diagnosing --
Treatment --
Working with a difficult child : Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autistic disorder
Conduct disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder
Major depression disorder
Mental retardation
Tourette Syndrome --
3. Anxiety and anxiety disorders. Anxiety : Acute stress disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Panic disorder
Phobia
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Substance abuse anxiety disorder --
4. Somatoform and dissociative disorders. What are somatoform disorders and dissociative disorders? --
Factitious disorders and malingering disorders : Body dysmorphic disorder
Conversion disorder
Hypochondriasis
Pain disorder
Somatization disorder
Depersonalization disorder
Dissociative amnesia
Dissociative fugue
Dissociative identity disorder --
5. Schizophrenia. What is schizophrenia disorder? --
Hallucinations --
Delusion --
Positive and negative symptoms --
Phases of schizophrenia disorder --
Degrees of schizophrenia disorder --
Antipsychotic medication adverse side effects : Paranoid schizophrenia disorder
Disorganized schizophrenia disorder
Undifferentiated schizophrenia disorder
Residual schizophrenia disorder
Catatonic schizophrenia disorder. 6. Personality disorders. Personality and personality disorders --
Clusters : Antisocial personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder --
7. Mood disorders. Mood --
Mood disorder : Bipolar disorder
Cyclothymic disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Major depressive disorder --
8. Substance abuse. Abuse, dependency, and addiction --
Dependency and pain medication --
Detoxification --
Recovery, cravings, and triggers --
Social support problems --
Common signs of substance abuse : Alcohol dependence disorder
Amphetamine abuse disorder
Anxiolytic, hypnotic, sedative dependent disorder
Cannabis abuse disorder
Cocaine abuse disorder
Hallucinogen abuse disorder
Inhalant abuse disorder
Nicotine dependent disorder
Opioid dependent disorder --
9. Eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa disorder
Bulimia nervosa disorder --
10. Sleeping disorders. Sleep --
Measuring sleep --
Missed sleep --
Sleeping habits --
Stages of sleep --
Physiology during sleep --
Dreams : Breathing-related sleep disorder
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder
Narcolepsy disorcer
Primary hypersomnia disorder
Primary insomnia disorder. 11. Sexual disorders. Sexual activity
Gender identity
Paraphilia : Gender identity disorder
Paraphilia disorder
Sexual dysfunction disorder --
12. Therapeutic communications. A therapeutic relationship
Therapeutic communication
Therapeutic interventions
Mediating conflicts
Crisis
Developing a therapeutic relationship
Running groups
Addiction intervention
Legal considerations
Nurse process report
Milieu --
13. Patient psychiatric assessment and patient psychiatric care plans. Mental health diagnosis
Psychiatric nursing process
Behavioral assessment
Psychiatric nursing diagnosis
Psychiatric care plan --
14. Physiologic basis of mental illness. Mental illness : Neurologic system
Neurotransmitters
Nervous system and mental illness
Medication
Substance abuse.

✦ Subjects

Psychiatric nursing;Handbooks, manuals, etc.;Mentally ill;Care.;Psychiatric Nursing;methods.;Mental Disorders;nursing.;Psychiatric nursing.