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Informationen zum Autor Kim A. Jakopac RN, ASN, BSN, MSN, PPCNP Currentlyteaching psychiatric/mental health nursing in a BSN program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.Specialty is psychiatric/mental health nursing and medical/psychiatric nursing.Over the past 17 yearsshe has worked with a variety of clients ranging from children to the elderly. She has experience working with substance abuse clients, dual diagnosis clients and case management.She conducted psychiatric/mental health and substance abuse evaluations in an emergency room setting and have worked as a hospital supervisor. The last 6 years of her nursing career have been in education.Publications to date include the book "Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Case Studies and Care Plans", research reviews (see CV) and completed a literature review for Dr. Sudah Patel and Dr. Ardith Sudduth on the healthy behaviors of freshman nursing students.She has been involved in research with Dr. Ardith Sudduth, Dr. Evelyn Wills, and Dr. Ina Koerner. She also had a podium presentation in Alexandria, LA. Klappentext This text is the ideal companion to any psychiatric mental health nursing textbook. It provides full length case scenarios for clients who need both psychiatric mental health care and medical care. The scenarios include critical thinking, psychosocial interventions, and complementary alternative treatments as well as traditional treatment modalities such as medications, psychotherapy, and laboratory/diagnostic testing. Appropriate for ADN and BSN-level nursing students, the text includes key terms, overviews of each psychiatric disorder, use of the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis system, and a glossary of terms. Each case scenario is followed by pointed questions for the clinician or student to answer.
