Mental Health Nursing - Paperback

by Linda M. Gorman (Author), Robynn Anwar (Author)

Here's the must-know information LPN/LVN students need to care for patients with mental health disorders where they'll encounter them?in general patient care settings.

• Expanded! "LPN/LVN Connections," a consistent, LPN/LVN-focused approach to design, organization, and features, makes F.A. Davis texts easier for students and instructors to use across the curriculum
• Updated! The latest knowledge and practices in the field, including revisions from the DSM-5-TR 2022
• New & Updated! Coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression, the opioid crisis, and mental illness in the homeless and veteran populations, and systemic racism in health care
• New! "Patient Education" and "Evidence-Based Practice" boxes

• Full-color illustrations, tables, bulleted lists, and a reader-friendly writing style to make concepts easy to understand
• Focus on the new, NCLEX-PN(R) test plan
• Coverage of mental health conditions across the lifespan
• Care plans with detailed descriptions of specific interventions and expected outcomes
• Content on specific nursing interventions and basic psychiatric nursing skills
• Coverage of psychopharmacology, including must-know side effects
• Case studies with critical-thinking questions to emphasize clinical-reasoning skills
• Crucial information on palliative and restorative care for long-term care settings
• Discussions on alternative treatment modalities to facilitate communications with people of different religious and cultural backgrounds as well as descriptions of religious and cultural beliefs and their impact on mental health and treatment