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The First UK Edition of this popular core text explores the full mental health nursing care continuum within a flexible, person-centred framework. It emphasises skilled engagement, collaborative assessment and care-planning, effective therapeutic communication and compassionate, evidence-based interventions. Its reader-friendly format and concise, focused chapters promote self-awareness, effective communication, collaboration and an emphasis on strengths and resources. Mental Health Nursing First UK edition is essential reading for pre-registration students at diploma and degree level, on both adult and specialist mental health nursing courses, and as a resource for post-registration clinicians.
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Specially adapted for UK nurses, it includes:Specially adapted for UK nurses, it includes:Specially adapted for UK nurses, it includes:Specially adapted for UK nurses, it includes:
• Coverage of all the major ICD-10 conditions across the treatment continuum,
from hospital to home setting, contextualised for the UK nurse throughout
• Up-to-date policy and clinical guidelines relevant for UK practice
• Focus on the key therapeutic role of the nurse within teams.
• Clinical Vignettes for each major disorder to “paint a picture” for better
understanding
• Emphasis on developing self-awareness, communication skills, and utilising
family and community resources
• Critical Thinking Questions to stimulate students’ thinking about current
dilemmas and issues in mental health care
• Numerous features to stimulate and reinforce learning
Mental Health Tutor / Practice Development Consultant, University Of Surrey / Surrey and Sussex
Partnership NHS Trusts
978-1-901831-02-3 | May 2009 | 508 pp | 200 illus | £29.95
