Gain the essential knowledge and skills you need to succeed as a psychiatric nurse! Varcarolis’ Essentials of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Communication Approach to Evidence-Based Care, 5th Edition, provides a concise, easy-to-understand guide to today’s leading psychiatric theories and therapeutic modalities. Emphasizing evidence-based care, the book balances coverage of scientifically based treatment approaches with insights into practical communication skills so you will be prepared to offer the best possible care when you enter practice. Written by nursing expert Chyllia D. Fosbre, this edition adds new Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style case studies to help you develop critical thinking skills and prepare for the NGN exam.
- Applying Critical Judgment questions introduces clinical situations in psychiatric nursing and encourages critical thinking.
- Neurobiology of the Brain features illustrations depicting how a disorder affects brain function and how drugs help to mitigate the symptoms.
- The Applying Evidence-Based Practice boxes in the clinical chapters pose a question, walk you through gathering evidence-based data from various sources, and present a plan of care based on the evidence.
- Vignettes describe real-world psychiatric patients and their disorders.
- Assessment Guidelines boxes summarize the steps of patient assessment for various disorders.
- Applying the Art boxes offers clinical scenarios demonstrating the interaction between a nurse and a patient, the nurse’s perception of the interaction, and the mental health nursing concepts in play.
- Potential Nursing Diagnoses tables list possible nursing diagnoses for a particular disorder, based on ICNP terminology, along with the associated signs and symptoms.
- Nursing Intervention tables list interventions for a given disorder or clinical situation and rationales for each intervention.
- DSM-5 Criteria boxes identify the diagnostic criteria for most significant disorders.
- Integrative Care boxes highlight the different types of therapy that may be used to enhance treatment.
- Giddens Concept boxes at the beginning of each chapter tie concepts to the topics to be discussed.
- NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style case studies are included in the clinical disorders chapters to promote critical thinking and help to prepare you for the NGN exam.
