Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder: What RNs, NPs, and New Psych Nurses Need to Know
Brimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for nonpsychiatric nurses in multiple clinical settings to address the needs of patients with comorbid diagnoses, and it facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.

Delivered in a convenient pocket-sized format, the guide delivers comprehensive information in easy-to-access short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, along with “Fast Facts in the Spotlight” boxes featuring key information. Unique “Spotlight on the Unit” case studies illustrate common scenarios that nurses might encounter on the nursing floor. The book covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and addresses the symptom alliance between various medical diagnoses and mental illness, and substance abuse and co-occurring mental disorders. Also included are strategies for establishing a therapeutic alliance with patients who have psychiatric disorders and issues posing challenges for nurses in specific clinical settings. Additionally, the book explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding provision of care to patients with mental illness.

Key Features:



• Delivers quick-access information about caring for patients with comorbid diagnoses—the first book to do so
• Written for nonpsychiatric nurses in a variety of clinical settings
• Presents key information in short chapters, bulleted content, lists, tables, and figures plus “Fast Facts” boxes
• Covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and destigmatizes patients with mental illness
• Provides strategies for fostering successful nursing interventions
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Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder: What RNs, NPs, and New Psych Nurses Need to Know
Brimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for nonpsychiatric nurses in multiple clinical settings to address the needs of patients with comorbid diagnoses, and it facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.

Delivered in a convenient pocket-sized format, the guide delivers comprehensive information in easy-to-access short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, along with “Fast Facts in the Spotlight” boxes featuring key information. Unique “Spotlight on the Unit” case studies illustrate common scenarios that nurses might encounter on the nursing floor. The book covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and addresses the symptom alliance between various medical diagnoses and mental illness, and substance abuse and co-occurring mental disorders. Also included are strategies for establishing a therapeutic alliance with patients who have psychiatric disorders and issues posing challenges for nurses in specific clinical settings. Additionally, the book explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding provision of care to patients with mental illness.

Key Features:



• Delivers quick-access information about caring for patients with comorbid diagnoses—the first book to do so
• Written for nonpsychiatric nurses in a variety of clinical settings
• Presents key information in short chapters, bulleted content, lists, tables, and figures plus “Fast Facts” boxes
• Covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and destigmatizes patients with mental illness
• Provides strategies for fostering successful nursing interventions
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Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder: What RNs, NPs, and New Psych Nurses Need to Know

Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder: What RNs, NPs, and New Psych Nurses Need to Know

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Fast Facts for Managing Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder: What RNs, NPs, and New Psych Nurses Need to Know

Overview

Brimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis. It is the first book written for nonpsychiatric nurses in multiple clinical settings to address the needs of patients with comorbid diagnoses, and it facilitates the integration of skills and strategies that support recovery for patients diagnosed with mental illness.

Delivered in a convenient pocket-sized format, the guide delivers comprehensive information in easy-to-access short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, along with “Fast Facts in the Spotlight” boxes featuring key information. Unique “Spotlight on the Unit” case studies illustrate common scenarios that nurses might encounter on the nursing floor. The book covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and addresses the symptom alliance between various medical diagnoses and mental illness, and substance abuse and co-occurring mental disorders. Also included are strategies for establishing a therapeutic alliance with patients who have psychiatric disorders and issues posing challenges for nurses in specific clinical settings. Additionally, the book explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding provision of care to patients with mental illness.

Key Features:



• Delivers quick-access information about caring for patients with comorbid diagnoses—the first book to do so
• Written for nonpsychiatric nurses in a variety of clinical settings
• Presents key information in short chapters, bulleted content, lists, tables, and figures plus “Fast Facts” boxes
• Covers the diagnoses of common psychiatric disorders and destigmatizes patients with mental illness
• Provides strategies for fostering successful nursing interventions

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826177742
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication date: 08/31/2017
Series: Fast Facts
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brenda Marshall, EdD, PMHNP-BC, APN, ANEF, FAANP, is a full professor in the School of Nursing at Montclair State University. She is a Fulbright Scholar Specialist in mental health with a hospital affi liation at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, and a private practice (Learn 2 Choose Inc.) in Wayne, New Jersey. She has been recognized by multiple organizations for innovative teaching methods in research and was awarded the National Excellence in Research Award (2018) by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT, AND WHAT NURSES CAN DO

1. The Continuum of Mental Health

2. Environmental Safety and Ethical Care

Benjamin Evans

3. Therapeutic Communication: Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance

Benjamin Evans

Part II PRESENTATION OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

4. Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

5. Thought Disorders: Psychosis and the Schizophrenia Spectrum

6. Mood Disorders

7. Anxiety Disorders

8. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders

9. Trauma and Stress: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders

10. Neurocognitive and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Part III MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: SYMPTOM SHARING

11. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Metabolic Disease

12. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Respiratory Disease

13. Medical Diagnosis and Symptom Sharing: Neurological Disease

Part IV ADDICTIVE DISORDERS

14. Addictive Disorders, Substance Use, and Dependence

15. Dual Diagnosis: Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

16. Challenges in Treating Substance Use Disorders and Dual Diagnosis

Part V PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: CLINICAL SETTING CHALLENGES

17. Treating the Mentally Ill Outside the Psychiatric Unit: A Review

Index

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