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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Instead , existential theories attempt to define what it means to be fully human and to find meaning in existence . Focused on personal freedom , authenticity , anxiety , meaning , and death , existential models were heavily influenced ...
Instead , existential theories attempt to define what it means to be fully human and to find meaning in existence . Focused on personal freedom , authenticity , anxiety , meaning , and death , existential models were heavily influenced ...
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In fact , the meaning of communication is interpreted primarily through nonverbal , rather than verbal , communication ( Crowther , 1991 ) . Nonverbal communication modifies spoken words in a variety of ways : By reinforcing or ...
In fact , the meaning of communication is interpreted primarily through nonverbal , rather than verbal , communication ( Crowther , 1991 ) . Nonverbal communication modifies spoken words in a variety of ways : By reinforcing or ...
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Expected Outcome 4 : By – the patient will find meaning in the trauma and find spiritual comfort . Short - Term Goals Nursing Interventions Rationales By the patient will verbalize the significance of the rape on her life's journey 1.
Expected Outcome 4 : By – the patient will find meaning in the trauma and find spiritual comfort . Short - Term Goals Nursing Interventions Rationales By the patient will verbalize the significance of the rape on her life's journey 1.
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Background for | 1 |
Stigma | 41 |
Practice Roles and Settings | 55 |
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