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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Frequently , communication conflicts arise because of differences in fundamental cultural beliefs or because of cultural stereotyping , which increases during times of stress . Table 10-4 provides examples of culture - bound mental ...
Frequently , communication conflicts arise because of differences in fundamental cultural beliefs or because of cultural stereotyping , which increases during times of stress . Table 10-4 provides examples of culture - bound mental ...
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A culture continues to condition and shape coping styles and concepts of health and illness . ... Cultural conflicts invariably occur when the woman is employed and the man , who is the head of the household , is unemployed or working ...
A culture continues to condition and shape coping styles and concepts of health and illness . ... Cultural conflicts invariably occur when the woman is employed and the man , who is the head of the household , is unemployed or working ...
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Other culture - bound syndromes are identified in Chapter 10 . Although many researchers have recorded and attempted to explain culture - bound syndromes , Lefley ( 1990 ) concluded that culture - bound syndromes do not seem to fit a ...
Other culture - bound syndromes are identified in Chapter 10 . Although many researchers have recorded and attempted to explain culture - bound syndromes , Lefley ( 1990 ) concluded that culture - bound syndromes do not seem to fit a ...
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Background for | 1 |
Stigma | 41 |
Practice Roles and Settings | 55 |
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