Varcarolis Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing A Clinical Approach 9th Ed. by Margaret J. Halter (2021)

Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition (2021) by Margaret Jordan Halter PhD, APRN, is the bestselling, comprehensive, evidence-based text that prepares students for psychiatric nursing care. Published by Saunders (Elsevier), this trusted clinical resource makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care across all settings.Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing students for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrated explanations of the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, DSM-5 criteria for major disorders, and detailed nursing care plans. From clinical nurse specialist and lead author Dr. Margaret Jordan Halter, this bestselling text includes new Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) content to prepare students for success on the PMHN certification exam.Signature features: Case Study and Nursing Care Plan boxes with real-life patient vignettes for specific psychiatric disorders; Evidence-Based Practice boxes describing recent research studies and how their findings affect nursing practice; Considering Culture boxes addressing cultural competence in mental health nursing; Applying the Art therapeutic communication dialogues; and Assessment Guidelines for each disorder.Topics covered: foundations of mental health nursing; therapeutic relationships and therapeutic communication; the psychiatric nursing assessment; legal and ethical issues in psychiatric nursing; psychobiological disorders across the lifespan; anxiety, trauma-related, and obsessive-compulsive disorders; depressive and bipolar disorders; schizophrenia spectrum disorders; neurocognitive disorders; personality disorders; substance-related and addictive disorders; feeding and eating disorders; sleep-wake disorders; crisis and disaster; suicide prevention and crisis intervention; aggression and violence; children and adolescents; older adults; forensic nursing; and psychiatric-mental health care in community and primary care settings.Essential for: BSN and ADN psychiatric-mental health nursing courses; NCLEX-RN and Next Gen NCLEX preparation; Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) foundational study; PMHN-BC certification review; and practicing nurses transitioning into psychiatric-mental health nursing.