Davis Advantage For Townsend S Essentials Of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

"With this edition of the textbook we are pleased to provide a complete teaching and learning package, including an exciting new online resource, Davis Advantage for Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Davis Advantage provides a wide array of online activities, animations, and assessments, designed specifically for distance learning, with a dashboard of metrics delivered seamlessly to faculty and students alike. This edition includes changes associated with the latest (fifth) edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). All content has been updated to reflect the current state of the discipline of nursing"--

"With this edition of the textbook we are pleased to provide a complete teaching and learning package, including an exciting new online resource, Davis Advantage for Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Davis Advantage provides a wide array of online activities, animations, and assessments, designed specifically for distance learning, with a dashboard of metrics delivered seamlessly to faculty and students alike. This edition includes changes associated with the latest (fifth) edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). All content has been updated to reflect the current state of the discipline of nursing"--

-- Uses the stress-adaptation model as its conceptual framework -- The latest classification of psychiatric disorders in DSM IV -- Access to 50 psychotropic drugs with client teaching guidelines on our website -- Each chapter based on DSM IV diagnoses includes tables with abstracts describing recent research studies pertaining to specific psychiatric diagnoses -- Within the DSM IV section, each chapter features a table with guidelines for client/family education appropriate to the specific diagnosis -- Four new chapters: Cognitive Therapy, Complementary Therapies, Psychiatric Home Health Care, and Forensic Nursing -- Includes critical pathways for working in case management situations -- Chapters include objectives, glossary, case studies using critical thinking, NCLEX-style chapter review questions, summaries, and care plans with documentation standards in the form of critical pathways -- The only source to thoroughly cover assertiveness training, self-esteem, and anger/aggression management -- Key elements include historic and epidemiologic factors; background assessment data, with predisposing factors/symptomatology for each disorder; common nursing diagnoses with standardized guidelines for intervention in care; and outcome criteria, guidelines for reassessment, evaluation of care, and specific medication/treatment modalities -- Special topics include the aging individual, the individual with HIV/AIDS, victims of violence, and ethical and legal issues in psychiatric/mental health nursing -- Includes information on the Mental Status exam, Beck depression scale, and Holmes & Rahe scale defense mechanisms criteria

Mary C. Townsend's name appears first in the previous edition.

Clearly written, comprehensive coverage of psychiatric mental-health nursing delivers what nursing students need to meet the challenges of health care today. Its evidence-based, holistic approach to nursing practice focuses on both physiological and psychological disorders. Designed to be used in longer psychiatric mental-health nursing courses, this text provides students with a comprehensive grounding in therapeutic approaches as well as must-know DSM-5 disorders and nursing interventions.

"As it has been with each new edition of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Nursing, the goal of this tenth edition is to bring to practicing nurses and nursing students the most up-to-date information related to neurobiology, psychopharmacology, and evidence-based nursing interventions. This edition includes changes associated with the latest( fifth) edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)"--