| Description |
xx, 697 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Mental health and mental illness -- Concepts of personality development -- Biological implications -- Ethical and legal issues -- Relationship development and therapeutic communication -- The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Milieu : the therapeutic environment -- Intervention in groups -- Intervening in crises -- Psychopharmacology -- Complementary and psychosocial therapies -- Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders -- Substance-related disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Anxiety-related disorders -- Disorders of human sexuality -- Eating disorders -- Personality disorders -- Children and adolescents -- Victims of abuse or neglect -- The aging individual -- Community mental health nursing -- The bereaved individual |
| Summary |
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "220 NCLEX-style questions, including the new alternate formats; Electronic Student workbook: hundred of learning activities; 55 psychotropic drug monographs; 21 sample client education teaching guides that can be reproduced as client handouts; care plans and critical pathways that you can customize; psychotropic drug classifications with dosage information; helpful assessments, tools and tables ... " -- p. [iv] |
| Notes |
"Student resource CD-ROM to accompany Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing"--Disk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Minimum system requirements: CPU: Pentium III or higher; 64 MB RAM; 128 MB RAM preferred; 800 x 600 monitor with thousands of colors; OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP; 8x DS-ROM drive; 20 MB hard disk space |
| Subject |
Mental illness.
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Psychiatric nursing.
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Mental Disorders -- nursing.
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Psychiatric Nursing -- methods.
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| LC no. |
2004006560 |
| ISBN |
0803612672 hardcover alkaline paper |
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