Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (2^nd Ed.) From Suffering to Hope

For courses in mental health nursing.
The market?s most evidence-based survey of whole-patient psychiatric nursing
Uniquely modeled for the general RN student, Psychiatric¿-Mental Health Nursing: From Suffering to Hope helps learners understand mental illness and promote hope and healing in patients across this continuum and throughout the lifespan. It also prepares learners to provide effective, compassionate care and treatment for patients with mental illness in an acute care setting. With the most evidence-based information on the market, the 2nd edition features a new chapter on sociological influences on mental health and new unfolding case studies in a number of chapters.
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Brief Contents

UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

1. Framework of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
2. Biological Basis for Mental Illness
3. Psychological Concepts: Theories and Therapies
4. Sociological Influences
5. Cultural Awareness
6. Spiritual Awareness

UNIT II: PSYCHIATRIC NURSING ROLE DEVELOPMENT

1. Stress, Anxiety, and Coping
2. Self-Reflection and Self-Awareness
3. The Nurse-Patient Relationship and Therapeutic Communication
4. The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
5. Care Settings
6. Ethical and Legal Concepts
7. Management and Leadership

UNIT III: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

1. Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
2. Gender and Sexual Health
3. Feeding and Eating Disorders
4. Sleep-Wake Disorders
5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
6. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
7. Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
8. Depressive Disorders
9. Bipolar Disorders
10. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
11. Addiction and Substance Use Disorders
12. Neurocognitive Disorders
13. Personality Disorders

UNIT IV: SPECIALIZED TREATMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS

1. Integrative and Complementary Health Approaches
2. Psychopharmacology
3. Group and Family Therapy
4. Aggression and Violence
5. Crisis Intervention
6. Preventing and Responding to Suicide
7. Caring for the Patient Who Is Grieving
8. Issues Related to Aging

Appendices

1. Wellness Domains: A Quick Guide for Patients
2. Timeline of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
3. Sample Group Patient Teaching Plan

Glossary

About our authors

Mertie L. Potter received her bachelor’s degree from Simmons College, her master’s degree from the University of Michigan, her doctoral degree from Case Western Reserve University and her post-master’s certificate as a family psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner from Rutgers University. She acquired common sense and a hard work ethic from working alongside her parents at Maple Leaf Farm. Her lifelong passion for helping those struggling with mental health issues piqued as a result of the family’s farm property being next to a state psychiatric facility. That led to summer jobs there and observations of her parents’ respect and compassion for patients at that hospital.

Dr. Potter is a clinical professor of nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions; a nurse practitioner at Merrimack Valley Counseling Association in Nashua, NH; and a nursing consultant in private practice. She is ANCC certified as a family psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner and as a clinical nurse specialist in adult psychiatric/mental health nursing. She is abundantly blessed by her life’s calling.

Dr. Potter’s professional interests include group work, crisis intervention, stress management, chronic illness, pain management, suffering, grieving, spirituality, older adults, medical missions, camp nng, camp nursing, medical missions and speaking/presenting. She has spoken on a number of these topics.

Dr. Potter has authored and co-authored articles, chapters and books, one of which received an AJN Book of the Year Award. She served on the NH Board of Nursing for five years and had the privilege of being elected vice-chairperson for a number of them.

Mary D. Moller received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Mt. Marty College in Yankton, SD; her master’s degree in psychiatric nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing; and her doc

Hallmark features of this title

Strategies for holistic mental health care

• The impact of mental health and illness on the five domains of wellness is discussed.
• Pharmacology coverage is some of the most extensive and well-received on the market.
• Workplace issues are a point of focus. Topics include nursing management skills and the legal and ethical issues surrounding patient care.

Active-learning features

• Perceptions, Thoughts, and Feelings feature gives examples of how nurses can guide patients and validate their concerns.
• Nursing care plans guide students through the development of a care plan based on a nursing diagnosis.
• A chart outlining what nurses might be thinking, feeling and perceiving during patient encounters gives students insights into their own approach to patient care.