Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing: Clinical Strategies, Medical Considerations, and Practical Interventions

Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing: Clinical Strategies, Medical Considerations, and Practical Interventions, the second edition, is a comprehensive guide that provides evidence-based interventions and strategies for managing challenging patient behaviors in psychiatric nursing. It covers the inter-relationship of medical illness and psychiatric symptoms, offers practical insights, and includes a quick-reference table for easy reference at point of care.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 420 pages
Publication date: 25 June 2021
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc

First edition named a Doody's Core Title and winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!

Psychiatric nursing practice has changed dramatically to accommodate increasing patient acuity and an evolving healthcare landscape. In addition, the inter-relationship of medical illness and psychiatric symptoms can make treatment and care challenging for nurses regardless of where they practice.

Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing: Clinical Strategies, Medical Considerations, and Practical Interventions reflects these factors by focusing on four particularly challenging aspects: keeping the patient safe, stabilizing symptoms, promoting engagement in treatment, and discharge planning. In a systematic, easy-to-access format, it offers evidence-based interventions and concrete strategies that can be used to alleviate patient distress and effectively deliver care.

This expanded and updated second edition is organized according to patient behaviors and interventions that nurses can employ to manage those behaviors. Each behavioral-focused chapter follows a consistent format so that readers can easily locate key information at the point of care and conclude with a quick-reference table that summarizes goals, patient assessment, maintenance of safety, appropriate interventions, and next steps. The book also addresses a variety of medical conditions that may be complicated by psychiatric illness or have symptoms that may be erroneously attributed to mental illness. This symptomatic approach provides guidance for nurses and other healthcare professionals working with patients with behavioral disturbances—regardless of the cause or the practice setting.

New to This Edition:

Expanded coverage of the inter-relationship of medical illness and psychiatric symptoms Expanded coverage on the management of medical conditions that may be complicated by psychiatric illness Expanded coverage on the management of behavioral disturbances in various practice settings Updated evidence-based interventions and strategies to improve patient outcomes A comprehensive approach to the assessment and management of psychiatric patients, including both medical and psychiatric aspects A focus on patient-centered care and collaboration with other healthcare professionals to provide holistic treatment A practical guide to discharge planning and transition to community-based care A wealth of resources and references to support nurses in their practice

Weight: 333g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826135438
Edition number: 2 Revised edition