Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition (EPUB)

By Robynn Gorman, Linda M.; Anwar
Here’s the must-know information LPN/LVN students need to care for patients with mental health disorders where they’ll encounter them?in general patient care settings.   An easy-to-read, conversational writing style shows you how to recognize and respond to the most important mental health issues. You’ll also explore important communication techniques, ethical and legal issues, and alternative and complementary treatments. Coverage of nursing interventions, basic psychiatric nursing skills, and psychopharmacology prepares you for the NCLEX-PN® exam and clinical practice.Better than the mental health chapter from a typical textbook“Everything you need to learn about mental health.”—Lisa J., Online Student ReviewerPerfect“Easy to study, love it.”—Liza, Online Student Reviewer

Expanded! “LPN/LVN Connections,” a consistent, LPN/LVN-focused approach to design, organization, and features, makes F.A. Davis texts easier for students and instructors to use across the curriculum
Updated! The latest knowledge and practices in the field, including revisions from the DSM-5-TR 2022
New & Updated! Coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression, the opioid crisis, and mental illness in the homeless and veteran populations, and systemic racism in health care
New! “Patient Education” and “Evidence-Based Practice” boxes

Full-color illustrations, tables, bulleted lists, and a reader-friendly writing style to make concepts easy to understand
Focus on the new, NCLEX-PN® test plan
Coverage of mental health conditions across the lifespan
Care plans with detailed descriptions of specific interventions and expected outcomes
Content on specific nursing interventions and basic psychiatric nursing skills
Coverage of psychopharmacology, including must-know side effects
Case studies with critical-thinking questions to emphasize clinical-reasoning skills
Crucial information on palliative and restorative care for long-term care settings
Discussions on alternative treatment modalities to facilitate communications with people of different religious and cultural backgrounds as well as descriptions of religious and cultural beliefs and their impact on mental health and treatment

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ F.A. Davis Company; Sixth edition (September 27, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Digital eBook ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1719645604
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1719645607
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up