Mental Health Nursing: The Nurse-patient JourneyIn addition to comprehensive coverage of all standard topics in psychiatric nursing, the New Edition of this groundbreaking text offers unparalleled insights into the human side of mental illness. It enables readers to empathize with psychiatric patients and treat them with dignity and understanding. A unique, holistic approach prepares readers to care for all of their patients' needs physical, psychological, social, and spiritual.This second edition contains new, one-of-a-kind appendices on patient/family teaching and spiritual interventions, clinical practice guidelines for home care, testimonials from mental health nurses in a full range of settings, new, full-color brain scan images that depict visible differences in the brains of patients with certain mental illnesses, and much more. |
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Caffeine is a weak pressor agent ; large amounts may cause a reaction . Patient : Provider : Date : THORAZINE FACT SHEET Trade. most popular of these drugs , can be considered the prototype for the group .
Caffeine is a weak pressor agent ; large amounts may cause a reaction . Patient : Provider : Date : THORAZINE FACT SHEET Trade. most popular of these drugs , can be considered the prototype for the group .
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Traditional antipsychotic drugs and atypical antipsychotic drugs differ in two principal ways : atypical antipsychotics are less likely to cause extrapyramidal reactions ( including tardive dyskinesia ) and atypical agents are more ...
Traditional antipsychotic drugs and atypical antipsychotic drugs differ in two principal ways : atypical antipsychotics are less likely to cause extrapyramidal reactions ( including tardive dyskinesia ) and atypical agents are more ...
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Steroids are a large group of medications that can cause mood changes in either direction , depression or mania . Oral contraceptives are related to steroids . These too cause depression . Sedatives and minor tranquilizers , used to ...
Steroids are a large group of medications that can cause mood changes in either direction , depression or mania . Oral contraceptives are related to steroids . These too cause depression . Sedatives and minor tranquilizers , used to ...
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Background for | 1 |
Stigma | 41 |
Practice Roles and Settings | 55 |
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