Mental Health Nursing

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.
 
An easy-to-read, conversational  writing style shows you how to recognize and respond to the most  important mental health issues. You’ll also explore important  communication techniques, ethical and legal issues, and alternative and  complementary treatments. Coverage of nursing interventions, basic  psychiatric nursing skills, and psychopharmacology prepares you for the  NCLEX-PN® exam and clinical practice.

Better than the mental  health chapter from a typical textbook“Everything you need to learn  about mental health.”—Lisa J., Online Student Reviewer

Perfect“Easy to study, love it.”—Liza, Online Student Reviewer
   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 curriculumUpdated!  The latest knowledge and practices in the field, including revisions  from the DSM-5-TR 2022New & 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 careNew! “Patient Education” and “Evidence-Based  Practice” boxesFull-color illustrations, tables, bulleted lists, and a  reader-friendly writing style to make concepts easy to understandFocus  on the new, NCLEX-PN® test planCoverage of mental health conditions  across the lifespanCare plans with detailed descriptions of specific  interventions and expected outcomesContent on specific nursing  interventions and basic psychiatric nursing skillsCoverage of  psychopharmacology, including must-know side effectsCase studies with  critical-thinking questions to emphasize clinical-reasoning  skillsCrucial information on palliative and restorative care for  long-term care settingsDiscussions 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