Introducing Mental Health Nursing - Brenda Happell, Leanne Cowin, Cath Roper, Kim Foster

Introducing Mental Health Nursing

A Consumer Oriented Approach
Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2008
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-74114-050-7 (ISBN)
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A thorough introduction to mental health nursing practice, with a consumer-oriented approach. It offers a systematic overview of both the science and the art of caring for people experiencing mental health problems.
Introducing Mental Health Nursing offers a systematic overview of both the science and the art of caring for people experiencing mental health problems. It addresses the attitudes, knowledge and skills required to provide care for consumers across all health care settings, from specialist mental health services to general hospitals and community care...The authors place the consumer at the centre of all aspects of mental health care and emphasise the importance of the therapeutic relationship as the cornerstone of mental health nursing practice. They also encourage nurses to think critically about the perspectives that they bring to their practice...They outline key skills in assessment, working collaboratively with clients and creating a safe therapeutic environment. They also cover essential clinical knowledge needed to work effectively with people with mental illness. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as an intrinsic member of the mental health team...'This book is an excellent addition to the literature in this important but long-neglected area.
Its value is substantially enhanced by actively incorporating an informed consumer perspective essential for all practitioners.'..Professor Brian Burdekin AO..'I recommend this text to all students of nursing, whether you intend to pursue a career in this speciality or if you simply desire to provide the best care possible in any field of practice.'..Associate Professor Stephen Elsom RN PhD, Director, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, The University of Melbourne

Brenda Happell (PhD) is Professor of Contemporary Nursing at Central Queensland University and editor of the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing...Leanne Cowin lectures in Nursing at the University of Western Sydney. ..Cath Roper ..is the Consumer Academic at the Centre for Psychiatric Nursing at the University of Melbourne. ..Kim Foster lectures in Nursing at James Cook University. ..Rose McMaster lectures in Nursing at the Mary McKillop campus of the Australian Catholic University.

Preface..PART I Background and Context for Mental Health Nursing..1 Introduction..2 Conceptual frameworks..3 Legal, ethical and professional issues in mental health nursing..PART II Mental Health Nursing Roles and Practice..4 Mental health and illness assessment..5 Nursing care in mental health..6 A safe environment..PART III Defining, Understanding and Treating Mental Health Problems..7 Psychiatric diagnoses..8 Symptomatology in mental health..9 Physical treatments in mental health care..10 Treatments in mental health and other therapies..11 Social determinants and issues in mental health..PART IV Practice Settings in Mental Health..12 Mental health practice settings..13 Specialty areas of mental health nursing practice..14 Mental health issues in the general health care setting..PART V Mental Health and Mental Health Nursing Research..15 Mental health nursing r

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.6.2008
Sprache englisch
Maße 176 x 230 mm
Gewicht 860 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Pflege Fachpflege Neurologie / Psychiatrie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-74114-050-1 / 1741140501
ISBN-13 978-1-74114-050-7 / 9781741140507
Zustand Neuware
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