Rapid mental health nursing / Grahame Smith, Rebecca Rylance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Grahame, author.

Rylance, Rebecca, 1969- author.

Series:

Rapid

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric nursing--Problems, exercises, etc.

Psychiatric nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A concise, pocket-sized, A-Z rapid reference handbook on all the essential areas of mental health nursing, aimed at nursing students and newly qualified practitioners. * Covers a broad range of mental health disorders, approaches interventions and conditions * Easy to locate practical information quickly in a pocket sized, rapid reference format * The topics and structure are mapped on to the NMC's (2010) Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Education and their required essential skills and knowledge.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Essential skills and knowledge

Assessment

Background

Professional skills

Types of assessment

Assessment tools

Assessment skills

Assessment and care delivery

Care planning

Partnership

Nursing models

Discharge planning and the CPA

Clinical decision-making

Risk

Analysing the evidence

Challenges

Real-time decisions

Clinical observations

Clinical risk in mental health

Risk assessment

Types of risk assessment

Managing risk

Communication

Types of communication

Listening and responding

The 6Cs

Diagnosis and classification

Classification

Diagnosis

The role of the mental health nurse

Documentation

The function of documentation

Documentation standards

Improving record-keeping

Early intervention services

Prevention

First episode

Medication

Psychoeducation

Capacity

Psychological interventions

Electroconvulsive therapy

Procedure

Treatment course

Side effects

Consent

Elimination

Elimination assessment

Incontinence

Assisting with elimination

Infection control

Physical health interventions

Spreading of infections

Infection-control practices

Infection‐control skills

Leadership

Models of leadership

Improving practice

Emotional intelligence

Lifelong learning

Background.

Professional skills

Post-registration education and practice standards

Expert practice

Managing aggression and violence

Reducing incidents

The environment

Training

Community

Managing people

People-management skills

Coaching and mentoring

Managing change

Risk management

Risk and organisational culture

Clinical governance

Types of psychiatric medication

Antidepressant drugs

Antipsychotic drugs

Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs

Mood stabilisers

Anti-dementia drugs

Children

Medicines management

Medication management standards

Mental health law

The Human Rights Act

The Mental Capacity Act

The Mental Health Act

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Monitoring

Nutrition and fluid management

Assessing nutrition and fluid intake

Nutritional support

Health promotion

Organising care

Organising care delivery

Person-centred care

Best practice

Physical well-being

Factors

Physical health assessment

Managing physical health

Psychiatric examination

Psychiatric history

The mental state examination

The formulation

Psychological therapies

Communication skills

Being evidence based

Collaboration

Behavioural therapy

Cognitive therapy.

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing

Group therapy

Humanistic counselling

Mindfulness-based therapies

Systemic therapy

Solution-focused therapy

Recovery

The recovery process

The components of recovery

Policy

The recovery approach

Reflection

Structured reflection

Clinical supervision

Research

Scientific evidence

Naturalistic evidence

Practice evidence

Suicide and self-harm

Suicide

Self-harm

Management

Therapeutic relationships

The therapeutic self

Empathy

Delivering care

Professional boundaries

Reflective practice

Time management

Delegation

Stress management

Values-based practice

Ethical theory

Code of conduct

Ethical reasoning

Chapter 2 Conditions

Acute confusional state

Definition

Types

Clinical features

Risk factors

Alcohol misuse

Anxiety and related conditions

Bipolar affective disorder

Child and adolescent mental health

Dementia

Clinical features.

Risk factors

Depression

Disorders associated with pregnancy

Drug misuse

Eating disorders

Functional disorders in older adults

Learning disabilities in mental health

Neuropsychiatry

Personality disorders

Schizophrenia

Sexual disorders

Sleep disorders

Trauma and other stress-related conditions

Unresolved grief

Chapter 3 Specific issues

Asylum seekers and refugees

Implications for practice.

The role of the mental health nurse

Culture and ethnicity

Implications for practice

Homelessness

Older adults

Safeguarding vulnerable adults

Sexual abuse

Sexuality and gender

Spirituality and religion

Appendices

Anatomy and physiology

Skin

The skeletal system

The muscular system

The nervous system

The endocrine system

The cardiovascular system

The respiratory system

The digestive system

The urinary system

Clinical procedures

Blood glucose

Blood pressure

Peak flow rate

Pulse

Respiratory rate

Temperature

Urinalysis

Revision questions

Essential skills and knowledge

Conditions

Specific issues

Answers

Glossary

References, further reading and useful resources

References and further reading

Useful resources

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119045038

1119045037

9781119548584

1119548586

9781119045014

1119045010

OCLC:

928136999