Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing: Clinical Strategies & Practical Interventions
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826109713 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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She serves as an ad hoc review for many psychology journals and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Family Psychology. Matthews MS, PMHCNS, BC, RN, is Nurse Manager Adult Intensive Treatment Unit at Butler Hospital, Providence, RI. About the Author Linda Damon, MSN, MHCA, RN, is Vice President of Patient Care Services, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, where she is responsible for the quality of nursing care and operations of inpatient, partial hospital, and admission services in a 147-bed hospital. Ms Sheehan has authored and co-edited two books and published the CD-ROM De-Stress: Coping and Managing Computer Generated Stress.Lisa Anne Uebelacker, PhD, holds multiple appointments including Staff Psychologist, Butler Hospital, Pro
She has held senior management positions at Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Psychiatry (Cambridge, MA), Horizon Health Corporation provider of psychiatric management services (Lewisville TX), and McClean Hospital, a private Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital (Belmont, MA). Sheehan, MSN, RN
"Best well-written book on inpatient psych nursing" according to Dawn. This book exceeded my expectations and has been very useful in my nursing practice. The examples of what is appropriate communication and what is not have been insightful in helping me to think and choose my words carefully when interacting with this special patient population. The assessments, goals, interventions, and strategies for managing difficult behaviors are well written. Several key points that I have implemented with my patients have worked. I. good practical treatment plans for patients with various behaviors Sojourner Truth Ordered it as a raffle for psychiatric nurses! Well prepared; good practical treatment plans for patients with various behaviors.. Creative Readers said A Rare Resource. There are textbooks, and there are test review guides. There are guides for clinicians- but how many books explain the hows and whys of what the acute care psychiatr5ic nurse does? This is the only one. Fair, even-handed, lots of evidence-based input. Now if we want to up our practice another notch, we should look at the NICE guides in the UK.
To view the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Special Student Pack, click the link above.. Also included is a chapter on overcoming one's own barriers to effective nursing in the difficult psychiatric environment.This important interdisciplinary clinical resource grew from a forum of Butler Hospital nurses who convened over a two-year period to identify and explore successful interventions used in the inpatient psychiatric acute care setting. Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!2012 Second Place AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing!This is truly a contribution to the hands-on clinical literature.This book can serve as a resource for nurses working in inpatient psychiatry, nursing students, and nursing faculty who teach undergraduate psychiatric nursing."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesA great book for inpatient psychiatric nurses."--Doody's Medical ReviewsPsychiatric nursing practice has changed dramatically over the past decades to accommodate vast changes in our health care system. The patients who now meet the level of care standards for an acute care setting have to be very ill and typically exhibit considerable behavioral impairments and multiple safety issues. The guide represents a collaboration between these health care professionals and their colleagues at the U