(Ebook) Psychosocial Nursing for General Patient Care by Linda Gorman, Donna Sultan ISBN 9780803617841, 0803617844

(Ebook) Psychosocial Nursing for General Patient Care by Linda Gorman, Donna Sultan ISBN 9780803617841, 0803617844

This concise, quick-reference handbook addresses common psychosocial and psychiatric problems as they are most commonly encountered - in conjunction with a patient's medical problems. It's the resource your students can turn to identify symptoms of mental health disorders and know how to intervene quickly and effectively to keep patients safe.This title features: expanded content on dual diagnosis, emotional response to community disasters, preventing the escalation of violence, and alternative and complementary treatments; brand-new coverage of homeless with chronic illness and caring for patients in a disaster; new interventions focusing on new anti-psychotic medications; increased emphasis on debriefing in the Critical Incident boxes and Crisis; and, intervention sections.This title: focuses on psychosocial problems faced by nurses in multiple care settings - home care, nursing homes, residential care, outpatient, psychiatric home care, and the hospital; evaluates psychosocial responses to the stresses of illness, illness of a family member, hospitalization, or alterations in mental health, and provides clinically relevant interventions; begins each disorder or condition chapter with an overview of the problem, including a review of the current theories of causation, and proceeds to assessment, collaborative and nursing management, patient and family education information, charting and discharge planning guidelines, and nursing outcomes; and, includes chapters on culture and end-of-life care.