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Everything you need to know about Mental Health Nursing...at a Glance!
From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration mental health nursing students. This brand new nursing title is the perfect accompaniment for pre-registration nursing courses, and is the revision aid that you have been waiting for! Divided into three sections, this book first explores the essential clinical skills needed by nurses, using the NMC Essential Skills Clusters as an organising framework. The second section goes on to look at common disorders and approaches. The third section then discusses the leadership and organisational skills required by nurses, again derived from the NMC standards.
Key features:
* Breaks down complex aspects of mental health care in an accessible and un-intimidating way
* The perfect revision and consolidation textbook
* Linked closely with the NMC standards for pre-registration nursing education, and the essential skills clusters framework
* Explores a broad range of mental health disorders, from care of children right up to care of older people
* Looks at mental health nursing in all settings, including acute, forensic and community
* Highly visual colour presentation
* Includes boxes, summary boxes, reflective opportunities and case studies to improve the learning experience
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Practice Tree Example
Part 1 Essential Skills
1 Care, Compassion and Communication
2 Building Therapeutic Relationships
3 Values-based Practice
4 Managing Clinical Risk
5 Infection Prevention and Control
6 Nutrition and Fluid Management
7 Elimination
8 Clinical Observations
9 Documentation
10 Medicines Management
Part 2 Nursing Individuals with Mental Health Needs
11 Assessment
12 Risk
13 Classification
14 Psychological Interventions
15 Schizophrenia
16 Depression
17 Bipolar Affective Disorder
18 Anxiety
19 Eating Disorders
20 Personality Disorders
21 Learning Disabilities and Mental Health
22 Functional Disorders in Older Adults
23 Dementia
24 Acute Confusional States
25 Drug and Alcohol Misuse
26 Children and Adolescent Mental Health
27 Recovery
28 Physical Wellbeing
29 Mental Health Law
30 Medication and ECT
Part 3 Leadership Skills
31 Organising Care
32 Leadership
33 Managing People
34 Time Management
35 Decision-Making
36 Utilising Research
37 Reflection
38 Lifelong Learning
References
Glossary
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Grahame Smith is Principal Lecturer and Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Counselling at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He is an experienced mental health nurse who has worked in a variety of?mental health service settings. He has a proven career record within the area of health care research and development both as a field-worker and as a project manager.
His current role in the higher education sector ensures that he is involved directly in the process of delivering both pre and post registration nurse education courses. He is also a team member of a practice development team within an in-patient mental health setting.
Zusammenfassung
The ideal revision aid for pre-registration mental health nursing students, this accessible, easy-to-read title first explores the essential clinical skills needed by nurses, using the Essential Skills Clusters as an organising framework. The second section goes on to look at common disorders and approaches.
