Nursing students and professionals who work with the chronically ill need to understand not only their clients' conditions but also the impact that those conditions have on daily life. The recently published Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability, Sixth Edition by Donna Falvo and Beverley E. Holland explores the impact of chronic illness and disability on the capacity to function on a physical, psychological, social, recreational, and vocational level.
Designed to help students and professionals learn basic medical terminology in order to understand symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses, it also helps them interpret reports and documents associated with client care. The text also focuses on how to help clients build and strengthen their personal resources so they may achieve optimal functioning and full participation in all aspects of their lives.
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Topics:
Beverley E. Holland,
chronic illness,
Donna Falvo,
DSM-V,
Health care,
health care,
New Edition,
nursing,
Psychiatric
Doody’s Review Service recently reviewed Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Second Edition by Patricia G. O'Brien, Winifred Z. Kennedy, and Karen A. Ballard. According to reviewer, Cherie G. Howk, PhD, FNP-BC, from Indiana State University,
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Topics:
American Psychiatric Association,
Doody's Review Service,
DSM,
DSM-IT-VR,
Karen A. Ballard,
mental health nursing,
Patricia G. O'Brien,
Psychiatric,
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,
psychiatric nursing,
psychiatry,
Review,
Winifred Z. Kennedy
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Topics:
American Psychiatric Association,
DSM,
DSM-IT-VR,
Karen A. Ballard,
mental health nursing,
Patricia G. O'Brien,
Psychiatric,
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing,
psychiatric nursing,
psychiatry,
Winifred Z. Kennedy
Do you teach psychiatric nursing? Or are you a psychiatric nurse looking for a new reference? Doody's Review Service recently reviewed Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills by Sudha C. Patel and Kim A. Jakopac. According to Elaine M. Scorza, MS, APRN, BC, Rush University College of Nursing,
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Topics:
Doody's Review Service,
Kim A. Jakopac,
Psychiatric,
psychiatric nursing,
Review,
Sudha C. Patel
Cathy Cress, author of Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition, looks deeper into GCM and the possible need for professional mediation:
Have you ever thrown up your hands with an aging, dysfunctional family and considered a mediator? Based on Stanford attorney and professional mediator, Dana Cutis’s breakthrough new chapter, “Mediation: The GCM as the Accidental Mediator” in the Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, 3rd edition, there are main factors that can be identified in determining whether a geriatric should to recommend the services of a professional mediator. These factors include: difficulty of the family, degree of emotional conflict, and complexity of the problem. Below are some early indicators that these factors weigh in favor of mediation in the earliest stage of GCM consultation:
- Family members are focusing on their own needs to the exclusion of their older family member’s needs, therefore requiring the GCM to be such a strong advocate for the older family member that the GCM cannot facilitate family meetings as a credible accidental mediator.
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Topics:
abuse,
Author,
conflict,
Cress,
disputes,
elder,
elder care,
Ethics,
family,
GCM,
Geriatric,
Geriatric Care Managers,
mediation,
Psychiatric
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Second Edition
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Topics:
Ballard,
Kennedy,
mental health,
New Edition,
Nurse Practitioner,
nursing,
nursing practice,
O'Brien,
Psychiatric,
psychiatric
Jones & Bartlett Learning is pleased to announce the recent publication of:
Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills
Sudha C. Patel, RN, BSN, MN, MA, DNS, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Kim A. Jakopac, RN, ASN, BSN, MSN, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-1356-3 | Paperback | 544 Pages | © 2012
Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills guides nursing students and practicing nurses towards enhancing fundamental psychiatric nursing skills competency in specific assessment and interventions for the selected psychiatric disorders. A nursing skill book in a manual format, this text is handy at the clinical site and encourages readers to translate their theoretical knowledge and psychiatric nursing skills into clinical practice.
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Assessment,
assessment,
Medication,
medication,
New Text,
New text,
nursing skills,
Psychiatric,
psychiatric
