Schaum's Outline of Psychiatric Nursing

Schaum's Outline of Psychiatric Nursing--------------------------------------------------Study faster, learn better, and get top grades. Modified to conformto the current curriculum, Schaum's Outline of Psychiatric Nursingcomplements these courses in scope and sequence to help you understandits basic concepts. The book offers extra practice on topics such asbiological basis for understanding psychotropic drugs, legal and ethicalguidelines for safe practice, understanding anxiety and anxiety defenses,somatoform and dissociative disorders, schizophrenia and other psychoticdisorders, suicide, psychological needs of the medically ill, psychosocialneeds of the older adult, therapeutic groups, etc. You'll also getcoverage of culturally relevant mental health nursing, understandingstress and holistic approaches to stress, personality disorders, mooddisorders, and care of the chemically impaired. Appropriate for thefollowing course: Psychiatric nursing. It features: 350 review questionswith answers, comprehensive review of specialized topics such as mentalhealth nursing in acute care settings, mental health nursing in communitysettings, the clinical interview & communication skills, and psychopharmacology,and, support for all the major textbooks for psychiatric nursing courses.Topics covered include: Introduction to Mental Health and PsychiatricNursing, Conceptual Frameworks and Nursing Theorists in PsychiatricNursing, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Psychiatric Nursing, Childrenand Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders, Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders,Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders, Personality Disorders, EatingDisorders, Mood Disorders - Bipolar and Depression, The Schizophreniasand Other Psychotic Disorders, Cognitive Disorders - Delirium and Dementia,Substance Related Disorders, Psychiatric Emergencies, and TreatmentModalities.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Daminga Bynum-Grant received her B.S.N. from MolloyCollege in 1982 and her M.S in Nursing Education from Mercy Collegein 2006. She is currently an adjunct nursing professor and clinicalnurse educator at Pace University, Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing,and Westchester Community College and is a practicing psychiatric andmental health nurse at a large teaching hospital. Margaret M. Travis-Dinkinsreceived her B.S.N from Mount Saint Mary College in 1982 and her M.S.N.in Nursing Education from Walden University in 2007. She is currentlyan adjunct professor and clinical nurse educator at Pace Universityand Westchester Community College, and is a practicing psychiatricand mental health nurse at a large teaching hospital.