Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - VST E-Book, 4th Edition

Author :
By Katie Evans, RPN, BA, MLitSt, PhD, FANZCMHN and Debra Nizette, RN, Dip App Sc-Nr Ed, B App Sc-Nursing, MNSt, FACN, FACMHN, CMHN
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing has established itself as Australia and New Zealand’s foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for all undergraduate nursing students. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and u ...view more

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing has established itself as Australia and New Zealand’s foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for all undergraduate nursing students.

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. 

ISBN :
9780729585415
Publication Date :
26-09-2016
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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing has established itself as Australia and New Zealand’s foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for all undergraduate nursing students.

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. 


New to this edition
  • 3 new chapters:- Physical health care: addresses the physical health of people with mental health problems and the conditions that have an association with increased risk of mental health problems - Mental health promotion: engages with the ways in which early intervention can either prevent or alleviate the effects of mental health problems - Challenging behaviours: presents a range of risk assessments specifically focused upon challenging behaviours
  • Now addresses emerging issues, such as:- The transitioning of mental health care to primary care- The development of peer and service user led services, accreditation and credentialing- Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

Key Features

Set within a recovery and consumer-focused framework, this text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with consumers and their families.

The fourth edition has a strong focus on the mental health nurse’s experience and provides consumer perspectives giving students invaluable insights into the lived experience of consumers covering a variety of mental health disorders.

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Author Information
By Katie Evans, RPN, BA, MLitSt, PhD, FANZCMHN, Lecturer and Convenor of the Postgraduate Mental Health Program, School of Nursing, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Debra Nizette, RN, Dip App Sc-Nr Ed, B App Sc-Nursing, MNSt, FACN, FACMHN, CMHN, Director of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Office, Queensland Health, QLD, Australia