Essentials of Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing

Whether it an entire course on psychiatric nursing or integrating these principles into an existing course, this is the text that concise, engaging, and informative. It offers an evidence-based, holistic approach to mental health nursing in a streamlined format that explores nursing diagnoses for both physiological and psychological disorders. It the psychiatric nursing text that students actually read, understand, and use. Completely revised and updated throughout, the 5th Edition reflects all of the new knowledge in the field and the practice of mental health nursing today, including the new, core competences outlined in the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative.