Description
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking textbook gathers contributions from service users, expert practitioners and leading academics to help students develop the core knowledge and skills they need to qualify as mental health nurses.Focusing in particular on helping students apply person-centred, compassionate and recovery-focused care,service-user voices and practical case studies are integrated throughout the book.Students are also given a rounded understanding of the key debates they will face in practice through the exploration of both bio-medical and psycho-social approaches.
Key features include:
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Voices and case studies from real practising nurses and studentshelp students apply knowledge to practice.
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Critical thinking activities, debates, and What's the Evidence' summarieshelp students develop higher level critical thinking and evidence based practice skills. Further reading and free SAGE journal articl