Mental Health Nursing

Presents the must-know information LPN/LVN students need to care for patients with mental health disorders where they’ll encounter them in general patient care settings. An easy-to-read, conversational writing style shows you how to recognize and respond to the most important mental health issues.
Here’s the must-know information LPN/LVN students need to care for patients with mental health disorders where they’ll encounter them in general patient care settings.

An easy-to-read, conversational writing style shows you how to recognize and respond to the most important mental health issues. You’ll also explore important communication techniques, ethical and legal issues, and alternative and complementary treatments. Coverage of nursing interventions, basic psychiatric nursing skills, and psychopharmacology prepares you for the NCLEX-PN® exam and clinical practice.

Better than the mental health chapter from a typical textbook“Everything you need to learn about mental health.”—Lisa J., Online Student Reviewer

Perfect“Easy to study, love it.”—Liza, Online Student Reviewer

• Expanded! “LPN/LVN Connections,” a consistent, LPN/LVN-focused approach to design, organization, and features, makes F.A. Davis texts easier for students and instructors to use across the curriculum
• Updated! The latest knowledge and practices in the field, including revisions from the DSM-5-TR 2022
• New & Updated! Coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression, the opioid crisis, and mental illness in the homeless and veteran populations, and systemic racism in health care
• New! “Patient Education” and “Evidence-Based Practice” boxes

• Full-color illustrations, tables, bulleted lists, and a reader-friendly writing style to make concepts easy to understand
• Focus on the new, NCLEX-PN® test plan
• Coverage of mental health conditions across the lifespan
• Care plans with detailed descriptions of specific interventions and expected outcomes
• Content on specific nursing interventions and basic psychiatric nursing skills
• Coverage of psychopharmacology, including must-know side effects
• Case studies with critical-thinking questions to emphasize clinical-reasoning skills
• Crucial information on palliative and restorative care for long-term care settings
• Discussions on alternative treatment modalities to facilitate communications with people of different religious and cultural backgrounds as well as descriptions of religious and cultural beliefs and their impact on mental health and treatment

UK Delivery:

• Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
• £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
• UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

International Delivery:

• Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

Dispatch and Delivery Times:

• All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
• UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

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