Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, Fifth Edition (Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing)
by Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Verna Benner Carson, Nancy Shoemaker

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• User-friendly writing style and a full-color design make psychiatric nursing content come alive! Case studies and personal stories show a compassion and understanding unique among psychiatric nursing texts. Special features are easily located and identified.
• Nursing process framework provides a strong underpinning for all clinical chapters. A sixth step, Outcome Criteria, identifies specific patient outcomes, then justifies the subsequent nursing interventions based on results.
• Assessment Guidelines boxes provide summary points for client assessment.
• Spiritual assessment is found in Assessment Strategies and the Nursing Process and Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve.
• Biologic Basis for Understanding Psychotropic Drugs lays the foundation for the study of psychotropic drug therapy to treat psychobiologic disorders.
• Care for the Dying and for Those Who Grieve chapter provides holistic nursing interventions related to end-of-life care for clients and families.
• Case Studies and Nursing Care Plans present individualized histories of clients with specific psychiatric disorders, and include interventions with rationales and evaluation statements for each client goal.
• Vignettes offer brief, descriptive characterizations of clients with specific psychiatric disorders.
• A Nurse Speaks spotlights individual psychiatric nurses and their personal stories.
• Key Terms and Concepts with page number references allow for quick review.
• Critical Thinking and Chapter Review sections offer scenario-based critical thinking problems and NCLEX-style multiple-choice questions, allowing students to test themselves on the chapter content.
• Nurse, Client, and Family Resources lists are provided on the book's Evolve website.

• A dynamic author team offers a breadth of experience in nursing education and practice.
• Tear-out Comprehensive Psychiatric Assessment Card is a valuable tool for students to use in clinicals.
• Completely revised Culturally Relevant Mental Health Nursing: A Global Perspective provides basic information on culture, worldviews, and what is necessary for culturally competent care.
• Psychiatric Forensic Nursing discusses this new and expanding specialty involving nursing, forensics, and the criminal justice system.
• Forensic Highlights boxes focus on the nurse's role in dealing with sexual assault, family violence, and incarcerated persons.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes demonstrate how research findings affect psychiatric nursing practice and standards of care.
• Integrative Therapy boxes discuss the increasing popularity and significance of complementary and alternative therapies.
• Culturally Speaking boxes reinforce the importance of culturally competent care.
• A Client Speaks and A Family Speaks bring to life disorders and their effects on clients, their families, and those who care for them.
• Back by popular demand: communication tables in The Clinical Interview and Communication Skills.
• Key Points to Remember appear at the end of each chapter to reinforce essential information.

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