From the Book - Third edition.
Unit I: Essential Theoretical Concepts for Practice. Practicing the Science and the Art of Psychiatric Nursing
Mental Health and Mental Illness
Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology
Settings for Psychiatric Care
Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice
Unit II: Tools for Practice of the Art. Nursing Process and QSEN: The Foundation for Safe and Effective Care
Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice
Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview
Unit III: Caring for Patients with Psychobiological Disorders. Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Somatic Symptom Disorders and Related Disorders
Mood Disorders: Depression
Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other Psychotic Disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Unit IV: Caring for Patients Experiencing Psychiatric Emergencies. Crisis and Mass Disaster
Child, Partner, and Elder Violence
Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Anger, Aggression, and Violence
Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve
Unit V: Age-Related Mental Health Disorders. Children and Adolescents
Classification B. NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses.
