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Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing,

Edition 9

Editors: By Debbie Steele

Publication Date: 18 Jul 2022

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Gain the skills you need to provide safe and effective psychiatric nursing care! Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition provides a solid foundation in the knowledge required to manage and care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management emphasizing the nurse’s three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the therapeutic environment. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX^® exam-style case studies to help you learn clinical judgment and prepare for success on the NCLEX. Known for its clear and friendly writing style, this text covers psychiatric nursing like no other book on the market.

Key Features

UNIQUE! Practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management includes: 1) the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, 2) psychopharmacology, and 3) milieu management
UNIQUE! Norm’s Notes offer personal, helpful tips from Norman Keltner — an expert educator and the book’s erstwhile author — in each chapter
UNIQUE! Putting It All Together summaries are provided at the end of each psychopathology chapter
DSM-5 information is integrated throughout the text, along with new ICNP content
Nursing care plans highlight the nurse’s role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders
Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies
Critical thinking questions help you develop clinical reasoning skills
Family Issues boxes highlight the issues that families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness
Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families
Learning resources on the Evolve website include lecture slides, psychotropic drug monographs, and NCLEX^® exam-style review questions

New Features

NEW! Next Generation NCLEX^® (NGN) examination-style case studies and NGN item types are included for five of the major mental health disorders, allowing you to apply clinical judgment skills
NEW! Updated Clinical Examples discuss real-world situations relating to mental health
NEW! COVID-19 resources and research includes information relevant to psychiatric nursing care
NEW! International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) nursing diagnoses, from the International Council of Nurses, include straightforward, evidence-based terminology that is easily translatable across settings and disciplines

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By Debbie Steele

UNIT I. The Basics
1. Me, Meds, Milieu
2. Historical Issues
3. Legal Issues
4. Psychobiologic Bases of Behavior
5. Cultural Issues
6. Spirituality Issues

UNIT II. You (Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship)
7. Models for Working With Psychiatric Patients
8. Learning to Communicate Professionally
9. Working With an Individual Patient
10. Working With Groups of Patients
11. Working With the Family

UNIT III. Medication (Psychopharmacology)
12. Introduction to Psychotropic Drugs
13. Antiparkinsonian Drugs
14. Antipsychotic Drugs
15. Antidepressant Drugs
16. Antimanic Drugs
17. Antianxiety Drugs
18. Antidementia Drugs
19. Alternative Preparations and Over-the-Counter Drugs

UNIT IV. Environment: Milieu Management
20. Introduction to Milieu Management
21. Variables Affecting the Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide
22. Therapeutic Environment in Various Treatment Settings

UNIT V. Putting It All Together (Psychopathology)
23. Introduction to Psychopathology
24. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
25. Depressive Disorders
26. Bipolar Disorders
27. Anxiety-Related, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma and Stressor-Related, Somatic, and Dissociative Disorders
28. Neurocognitive Disorders
29. Personality Disorders
30. Sexual Disorders and Gender Dysphoria
31. Substance Use Disorders
32. Eating Disorders

UNIT VI. Special Populations
33. Survivors of Violence and Trauma
34. Children and Adolescents
35. Older Adults
36. Soldiers and Veterans

ISBN: 9780323791960

Page Count: 552

Illustrations : 60 illustrations (60 in full color)

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ANDILE GLODIN MOKOENA (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)

Good read. I am using this copy as a recommended source. very useful in my course

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ANDILE GLODIN MOKOENA (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)

Thank you. The hard copy never reached me. I would still like to read the recent edition

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