Main description:

Everything you need to know about Mental Health Nursing at a Glance! From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration mental health nursing students. This brand new nursing title is the perfect accompaniment for pre-registration nursing courses, and is the revision aid that you have been waiting for! Divided into three sections, this book first explores the essential clinical skills needed by nurses, using the NMC Essential Skills Clusters as an organising framework. The second section goes on to look at common disorders and approaches. The third section then discusses the leadership and organisational skills required by nurses, again derived from the NMC standards.
Key features: * Breaks down complex aspects of mental health care in an accessible and un-intimidating way * The perfect revision and consolidation textbook * Linked closely with the NMC standards for pre-registration nursing education, and the essential skills clusters framework * Explores a broad range of mental health disorders, from care of children right up to care of older people * Looks at mental health nursing in all settings, including acute, forensic and community * Highly visual colour presentation * Includes boxes, summary boxes, reflective opportunities and case studies to improve the learning experience

Contents:

How to use your revision guide vii About the companion website x Introduction xii Practice tree example xiv Part 1 Essential skills 1 1 Care, compassion and communication 2 2 Building therapeutic relationships 4 3 Values-based practice 6 4 Managing clinical risk 8 5 Infection prevention and control 10 6 Nutrition and fluid management 12 7 Elimination 14 8 Clinical observations 16 9 Documentation 18 10 Medicines management 20 Part 2 Nursing individuals with mental health needs 23 11 Assessment 24 12 Risk 26 13 Classification 28 14 Psychological interventions 31 15 Schizophrenia 34 16 Depression 36 17 Bipolar affective disorder 38 18 Anxiety 40 19 Eating disorders 42 20 Personality disorders 44 21 Learning disabilities and mental health 46 22 Functional disorders in older adults 48 23 Dementia 50 24 Acute confusional states 52 25 Drug and alcohol misuse 54 26 Children and adolescent mental health 56 27 Recovery 58 28 Physical wellbeing 60 29 Mental health law 62 30 Medication and ECT 66 Part 3 Leadership skills 71 31 Organising care 72 32 Leadership 74 33 Managing people 76 34 Time management 78 35 Decision-making 80 36 Utilising research 82 37 Reflection 84 38 Lifelong learning 86 Appendix: Clinical procedures 88 References and bibliography 92 Glossary 93 Index 95