Grahame Smith

Mental Health Nursing at a Glance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ideal revision aid for pre-registration mental health nursing students, this accessible, easy-to-read title first explores the essential clinical skills needed by nurses, using the Essential Skills Clusters as an organising framework. The second section goes on to look at common disorders and approaches. The third section then discusses the leadership and organisational skills required by nurses as defined by the NMC Standards for Pre-Registration Education, 2010. Exploring mental health issues in all patient groups from care of children right up to older people, and in acute, forensic and community settings, this brand-new book is the perfect companion throughout the pre-registration course.

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Everything you need to know about Mental Health Nursing...at a Glance!

From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration mental health nursing students. This brand new nursing title is the perfect accompaniment for pre-registration nursing courses, and is the revision aid that you have been waiting for! Divided into three sections, this book first explores the essential clinical skills needed by nurses, using the NMC Essential Skills Clusters as an organising framework. The second section goes on to look at common disorders and approaches. The third section then discusses the leadership and organisational skills required by nurses, again derived from the NMC standards.

Key features:

Breaks down complex aspects of mental health care in an accessible and un-intimidating way
The perfect revision and consolidation textbook
Linked closely with the NMC standards for pre-registration nursing education, and the essential skills clusters framework
Explores a broad range of mental health disorders, from care of children right up to care of older people
Looks at mental health nursing in all settings, including acute, forensic and community
Highly visual colour presentation
Includes boxes, summary boxes, reflective opportunities and case studies to improve the learning experience

Produktdetails

• Wiley Series on Cognitive Dynamic Systems
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 269mm x 211mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781118465288
• ISBN-10: 1118465288
• Artikelnr.: 41216771

Autorenporträt

Grahame Smith is Principal Lecturer and Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Counselling at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He is an experienced mental health nurse who has worked in a variety of?mental health service settings. He has a proven career record within the area of health care research and development both as a field-worker and as a project manager. His current role in the higher education sector ensures that he is involved directly in the process of delivering both pre and post registration nurse education courses. He is also a team member of a practice development team within an in-patient mental health setting.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Practice Tree Example Part 1 Essential Skills 1 Care,
Compassion and Communication 2 Building Therapeutic Relationships 3
Values-based Practice 4 Managing Clinical Risk 5 Infection Prevention and
Control 6 Nutrition and Fluid Management 7 Elimination 8 Clinical
Observations 9 Documentation 10 Medicines Management Part 2 Nursing
Individuals with Mental Health Needs 11 Assessment 12 Risk 13
Classification 14 Psychological Interventions 15 Schizophrenia 16
Depression 17 Bipolar Affective Disorder 18 Anxiety 19 Eating Disorders 20
Personality Disorders 21 Learning Disabilities and Mental Health 22
Functional Disorders in Older Adults 23 Dementia 24 Acute Confusional
States 25 Drug and Alcohol Misuse 26 Children and Adolescent Mental Health
27 Recovery 28 Physical Wellbeing 29 Mental Health Law 30 Medication and
ECT Part 3 Leadership Skills 31 Organising Care 32 Leadership 33 Managing
People 34 Time Management 35 Decision-Making 36 Utilising Research 37
Reflection 38 Lifelong Learning References Glossary Index