Description
Book SynopsisDavis Advantage for Townsend’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing combines a comprehensive textbook with an immersive online program to deliver this must-know content to students and equip instructors with an integrated, engaging solution. An access code inside new, printed textbooks unlocks an ebook, as well as access to Davis Advantage.
THE TEXTBOOK Clearly written, with comprehensive coverage of key topics, the 11th Edition delivers what nursing students need to meet the challenges of health care today. Its evidence-based, holistic approach to focuses on both physiological and psychological disorders and addresses both the biological and behavioral components of mental illness. The text provides students with a comprehensive grounding in therapeutic approaches as well as must-know DSM-5-TR disorders and nursing interventions.
ONLINE (Davis Advantage) Using a unique and proven approach across a
Learn-Apply-Assess continuum,
Davis Advantage engages students to help them make the connections to key topics. Whether teaching in-person or online, this complete, integrated solution aligns seamlessly with the textbook and equips instructors with actionable analytics to track students’ progress, remediate where needed, and facilitate an active learning environment.
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LEARN—Personalized Learning
The foundation of the Davis Advantage platform immerses students in an online learning experience tailored to their needs. Students are assessed on their comprehension of key topics from the text, and then are guided through animated mini-lecture videos and dynamic activities to reinforce learning and bring concepts to life.
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APPLY—Clinical Judgment
Clinical Judgment develops students’ critical thinking and clinical reasoning, helping them to build the clinical judgment skills they need to practice safe and effective nursing care and to prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX® with confidence. Progressive case studies featuring real-life, complex, clinical situations challenge students to apply knowledge, make informed decisions, and evaluate outcomes.
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ASSESS—Quizzing
Quizzing uses NCLEX®-style questions for assessment and remediation. Its adaptive, question-based format provides the additional practice students need to test their knowledge, master course content, and perform well on course and board exams. PLUS! Brand-new standalone questions that mimic the format of the Next Generation NCLEX® further prepare students for certification and practice.
Table of Contents
- I.BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
- 1.The Concept of Stress Adaptation
- 2.Mental Health and Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts
II.FOUNDATIONS FOR PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
- 3.Concepts of Psychobiology
- 4.Psychopharmacology
- 5.Ethical and Legal Issues
III.THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE
- 6.Relationship Development
- 7.Therapeutic Communication
- 8.The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
- 9.Therapeutic Groups
- 10.Intervention with Families
- 11.Psychosocial Interventions and Spiritual Care
- 12.Crisis Intervention
- 13.Assertiveness Training
- 14.Promoting Self Esteem
- 15.Anger and Aggression Management
- 16.Suicide Prevention
- 17.Behavior Therapy
- 18.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- 19.Electroconvulsive Therapy
- 20.The Recovery Model
IV.NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION
- 21.Caring for Patients with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in General Practice Settings
- 22.Neurocognitive Disorders
- 23.Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
- 24.Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 25.Depressive Disorders
- 26.Bipolar and Related Disorders
- 27.Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
- 28.Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
- 29.Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders
- 30.Eating Disorders
- 31.Personality Disorders
V.PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
- 32.Children and Adolescents
- 33.The Aging Individual
- 34.Survivors of Abuse or Neglect
- 35.Community Mental Health Nursing
- 36.The Bereaved Individual
- 37.Military Families
Appendices
- A.Answers to Chapter Review and Clinical Judgment Questions
- B.Examples of Answers to Communication Exercises
- C.Mental Status Assessment
- Glossary
- Index
Bonus Chapters Online at FADavis.com
- 38.Theoretical Models of Personality Development
- 39.Cultural Concepts Relevant to Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- 40.Complementary Therapies and Integrative Health
- 41.Gender Dysphoria, Paraphilic Disorders, and Sexual Dysfunctions
