Using the latest clinical research and diagnoses, Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing test bank provides a holistic, biopsychosocial approach to psychiatric nursing care.
It follows the popular Stuart stress-adaptation framework and includes comprehensive coverage to simplify important nursing and medical concepts, promote quality and safety in care, and address psychobiology and psychopharmacology topics integral to today’s psychiatry.
New to this edition is a chapter on psychiatric care of military personnel, plus the latest on health care reform, prescription abuse, and obesity issues.
Key features
• An easy-to-follow writing style makes it easy to understand both simple and complex topics.
• A well-rounded, collaborative approach provides coverage of all major psychiatric disorders from nursing and medical perspectives.
• The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of health and wellness provides a consistent nursing-oriented framework, with clear explanations of biological, psychological, sociocultural, environmental, and legal-ethical components.
• An evidence-based practice approach bridges the gap between clinical research and everyday practice.
• Learning from Clinical Case boxes begins disorders chapters with thought-provoking questions and end chapters with answers and feedback.
• Summarizing the Evidence boxes in the disorders chapters examine the research and findings that support psychiatric nursing care.
• A family focus and discussions of outpatient care reflect current trends in psychiatric nursing.
• A Patient Speaks and A Family Speaks boxes present short vignettes with the patient’s and family’s perspectives of the care giving process.
• Competent Caring: A Clinical Exemplar of a Psychiatric Nurse boxes feature the experiences and personal insights of practicing psychiatric nurses.
It follows the popular Stuart stress-adaptation framework and includes comprehensive coverage to simplify important nursing and medical concepts, promote quality and safety in care, and address psychobiology and psychopharmacology topics integral to today’s psychiatry.
New to this edition is a chapter on psychiatric care of military personnel, plus the latest on health care reform, prescription abuse, and obesity issues.
Key features
• An easy-to-follow writing style makes it easy to understand both simple and complex topics.
• A well-rounded, collaborative approach provides coverage of all major psychiatric disorders from nursing and medical perspectives.
• The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of health and wellness provides a consistent nursing-oriented framework, with clear explanations of biological, psychological, sociocultural, environmental, and legal-ethical components.
• An evidence-based practice approach bridges the gap between clinical research and everyday practice.
• Learning from Clinical Case boxes begins disorders chapters with thought-provoking questions and end chapters with answers and feedback.
• Summarizing the Evidence boxes in the disorders chapters examine the research and findings that support psychiatric nursing care.
• A family focus and discussions of outpatient care reflect current trends in psychiatric nursing.
• A Patient Speaks and A Family Speaks boxes present short vignettes with the patient’s and family’s perspectives of the care giving process.
• Competent Caring: A Clinical Exemplar of a Psychiatric Nurse boxes feature the experiences and personal insights of practicing psychiatric nurses.
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