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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These two choices allow us to find spiritual meaning in difficult situations . Another choice is to resist the possibilities for change that are inherent in the present circumstances and to focus on the negatives of the situation .
These two choices allow us to find spiritual meaning in difficult situations . Another choice is to resist the possibilities for change that are inherent in the present circumstances and to focus on the negatives of the situation .
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ENGAGING THE PATIENT The first contact between you and the patient in a crisis situation sets the stage for all that follows . In acute crisis situations , do not forget to introduce yourself by name , to specify your role , or to ...
ENGAGING THE PATIENT The first contact between you and the patient in a crisis situation sets the stage for all that follows . In acute crisis situations , do not forget to introduce yourself by name , to specify your role , or to ...
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What is a phobia ? a A phobia is a severe and persistent fear of a specific object or situation despite the person's awareness that the fear is unreasonable . The feared object may be an animal or something in the environment , such as ...
What is a phobia ? a A phobia is a severe and persistent fear of a specific object or situation despite the person's awareness that the fear is unreasonable . The feared object may be an animal or something in the environment , such as ...
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Background for | 1 |
Stigma | 41 |
Practice Roles and Settings | 55 |
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