Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 8th Edition
Sheila L. Videbeck, PhD, RN
A Practical Focus on the Skills and Concepts Essential to Your
Success
With an accessible, clear and student-friendly approach,
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing clarifies challenging concepts
and helps you build a foundation for working successfully with clients
experiencing mental health challenges regardless of care setting. The
text explores the full spectrum of psychiatric nursing, helping you
master specific nursing interventions, hone your therapeutic
communication skills and learn to apply content effectively within the
framework of the nursing process.
- New! Unfolding Patient Stories written by the National League for
Nursing put the nursing process in a realistic context to prepare you
for successful client interactions and interventions.
- Clinical Vignettes familiarize you with the features of major
disorders you are likely to encounter in practice.
- Therapeutic Dialogues help you perfect your communication skills
with specific examples of nurse-client interactions.
- Best Practice boxes provide the latest evidence-based findings in
psychiatric nursing.
- Self-Awareness features foster your personal and professional
development through self-reflection.
- Concept Mastery Alerts clarify important concepts essential to
your classroom and clinical success.
- Watch and Learn icons point you to corresponding true-to-life
Lippincott(R) Theory to Practice Video Series videos for a richer
understanding of important mental health disorders.
- Built-In Study Guide reinforces your understanding with
multiple-choice questions, multiple-response questions and clinical
examples at the end of each chapter.
- Nursing Care Plans demonstrate effective approaches for addressing
specific client disorders.
- Drug Alerts highlight essential concerns related to psychotropic
drugs.
- Warning boxes alert you to FDA considerations for specific
medications.
- Cultural Considerations help you ensure culturally sensitive care
for a wide range of client populations.
- Elder Considerations sections prepare you to care for the growing
population of older adults.
- Client/Family Education boxes boost your teaching capabilities.
- Nursing Interventions etail key treatment strategies for specific
disorders.
- DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria boxes summarize the medical diagnostic
features of specific disorders.
