Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder

What RNs, NPs, and New Psych Nurses Need to Know

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2017
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-7774-2 (ISBN)

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Delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for non-psychiatric nurses to address the needs of patients with co-morbid diagnoses, and facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.

Brimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for nonpsychiatric nurses in multiple clinical settings to address the needs of patients with comorbid diagnoses, and it facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.

Delivered in a convenient pocket-sized format, the guide delivers comprehensive information in easy-to-access short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, along with “Fast Facts in the Spotlight” boxes featuring key information. Unique “Spotlight on the Unit” case studies illustrate common scenarios that nurses might encounter on the nursing floor. The book covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and addresses the symptom alliance between various medical diagnoses and mental illness, and substance abuse and co-occurring mental disorders. Also included are strategies for establishing a therapeutic alliance with patients who have psychiatric disorders and issues posing challenges for nurses in specific clinical settings. Additionally, the book explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding provision of care to patients with mental illness.

Key Features:

Delivers quick-access information about caring for patients with comorbid diagnoses—the first book to do so
Written for nonpsychiatric nurses in a variety of clinical settings
Presents key information in short chapters, bulleted content, lists, tables, and figures plus “Fast Facts” boxes
Covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and destigmatizes patients with mental illness
Provides strategies for fostering successful nursing interventions

Brenda Marshall, EdD, APRN, ANEF, is a full professor and director of the College of Science and Health’s Center for Research at William Paterson University (WPU) in Wayne, New Jersey. She was the coordinator of the DNP program at WPU (2011–2016) prior to becoming a Fulbright Scholar Specialist in mental health. She has been recognized by multiple organizations for innovative teaching methods in research and was awarded the National Excellence in Research Award (2018) by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT, AND WHAT NURSES CAN DO

1. The Continuum of Mental Health

2. Environmental Safety and Ethical Care

Benjamin Evans

3. Therapeutic Communication: Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance

Benjamin Evans

Part II PRESENTATION OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

4. Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

5. Thought Disorders: Psychosis and the Schizophrenia Spectrum

6. Mood Disorders

7. Anxiety Disorders

8. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders

9. Trauma and Stress: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders

10. Neurocognitive and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Part III MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: SYMPTOM SHARING

11. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Metabolic Disease

12. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Respiratory Disease

13. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Neurological Disease

Part IV ADDICTIVE DISORDERS

14. Addictive Disorders, Substance Use, and Dependence

15. Dual Diagnosis: Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

16. Challenges in Treating Substance Use Disorders and Dual Diagnosis

Part V PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: CLINICAL SETTING CHALLENGES

17. Treating the Mentally Ill Outside the Psychiatric Unit: A Review

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.08.2017
Reihe/Serie	Fast Facts
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Chirurgie / OP-Pflege / Orthopädie
Themenwelt	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie
ISBN-10	0-8261-7774-3 / 0826177743
ISBN-13	978-0-8261-7774-2 / 9780826177742
Zustand	Neuware