Psychiatric Nursing by Norman L. Keltner, Carol E. Bostrom, Lee Hilyard Schwecke

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Psychiatric Nursing, 5th Edition focuses on the therapeutic skills needed by a psychiatric nurse. The psychotherapeutic management model emphasizes a three-pronged approach to psychiatric nursing provides the framework for the book and is presented clearly and understandably. The model takes a practical, clinical approach to nursing by integrating clinical realities with the theory taught in nursing schools, emphasizing those duties for which nurses are primarily responsible.

• A separate unit on the continuum of care discusses care settings and case management.
• An entire unit on pharmacology includes drug side effects, nursing interventions, and a new chapter on antidementia drugs.
• Each chapter begins with learning objectives to point students toward important concepts.
• Case studies in selected chapters help the student conceptualize the development of effective nursing care strategies.
• Includes family issues boxes in selected chapters that highlight the issues families must confront when a member suffers from mental illness.
• Includes clinical examples in the form of concise vignettes drawn from the authors' own experience to provide realistic illustrations of specific content.

• New chapter on antidementia drugs provides up-to-date information on psychopharmacology for antidementia disorders.
• Updated DSM-IV-TR content based on the latest text revision.
• Putting It All Together headings identify the end-of-chapter psychopathology summary in each of the clinical chapters.
• Norm's Notes, a direct student-to-author communication in the form of a post-it note, offers helpful tips for understanding difficult topics.
• Highlightingthe Evidence boxes feature summarized research articles that demonstrate the effects of research on today's practice.

Eileen Trigoboff

This text is the third edition of a comprehensive and forthrightly written psychiatric nursing text. The previous editions were published in1991 and 1995. The purpose is to present accurate and meaningful psychiatric nursing topics in a non-sexist language style with features that keep the student in mind, including straightforward language describing the psychotherapeutic management model of psychiatric nursing. These goals are worthy and well met. This book is written for the student, to address important issues of care, and for experts, to refine their care throughout every aspect of practice. The editors and contributors are clinically expert and present the topic areas thoroughly. Many fine features of this text enhance learning. The tear-out worksheets for each chapter and the drug cards are especially useful. Good historical background was noted in several areas, which increases the reader's interest and applicability of the material. The illustrations are generally useful; some are basic with unclear elements. Appendixes and the index are relevant, detailed, and help weave concepts of the text and the realities of practice together. This is a good psychiatric nursing text with clear definitions and descriptions of the psychotherapeutic management model of psychiatric nursing and role differentiations. The updated information in this edition is especially useful for educating and practicing contemporary psychiatric nursing.

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Reviewer: Eileen Trigoboff, RN, CS, DNS (Buffalo Psychiatric Center)
Description: This text is the third edition of a comprehensive and forthrightly written psychiatric nursing text. The previous editions were published in1991 and 1995.
Purpose: The purpose is to present accurate and meaningful psychiatric nursing topics in a non-sexist language style with features that keep the student in mind, including straightforward language describing the psychotherapeutic management model of psychiatric nursing. These goals are worthy and well met.
Audience: This book is written for the student, to address important issues of care, and for experts, to refine their care throughout every aspect of practice. The editors and contributors are clinically expert and present the topic areas thoroughly.
Features: Many fine features of this text enhance learning. The tear-out worksheets for each chapter and the drug cards are especially useful. Good historical background was noted in several areas, which increases the reader's interest and applicability of the material. The illustrations are generally useful; some are basic with unclear elements. Appendixes and the index are relevant, detailed, and help weave concepts of the text and the realities of practice together.
Assessment: This is a good psychiatric nursing text with clear definitions and descriptions of the psychotherapeutic management model of psychiatric nursing and role differentiations. The updated information in this edition is especially useful for educating and practicing contemporary psychiatric nursing.

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