Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition) – PDF

Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2nd Edition (PDF) addresses the data and abilities mandatory within the evaluation and nursing care of older adults experiencing frequent late-life psychological well being and psychiatric issues. This textbook options specialists in gerontological nursing and geropsychiatric fields and gives important info for superior follow and skilled nurses, in addition to graduate and undergraduate nursing college students. The 2nd Edition has been fully revised and up to date to incorporate essential areas like evaluation, analysis, psychopharmacology, and behavioral administration methods within the nursing care of older adults. New to this second version are case research in every chapter along with dialogue questions. This new version additionally presents the work of the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative (GPNC) in its entirety. The focus of the GPNC is to enhance the training of nurses who look after elders affected by despair, dementia, and different psychological well being problems. The collaborative effort enhances extant competencies for all ranges of nursing training, specializing in older adults with psychological well being/sickness issues. Shared within the Appendix are the competency statements developed for primary, graduate, put up-graduate, and persevering with training nursing packages.