The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing

This well-established textbook is a must buy for all mental health nursing students and is an invaluable resource for nurses in registered practice. Comprehensive and broad, it explores in detail the many ways in which mental health nursing has a positive impact on the lives of people with mental health difficulties. A number of features will help you get the most out of each chapter and apply theory to practice, including: Personal stories: Providing insight into the experience of mental health difficulties from the perspective of service users and their carers Thinking Spaces: To help you reflect on your practice and assess your learning individually and in groups, with further guidance available online Recommended resources for further learning New to this edition: With 4 brand new chapters plus 9 chapters re-written by new authors, key developments in this edition include the following topics: Physical health care of people with mental health problems Care of people who experience trauma Promoting mental health and well-being Support needed by nurses to provide therapeutic care and to derive satisfaction from their work Innovations in mental health practice Available with a mental health nursing book for the first time, ConnectTM is McGraw-Hill Education's teaching and learning environment that improves performance over a variety of critical outcomes. It is easy to use and proven effective. With ConnectTM instructors can set students work to do in SmartBookTM, which is the first and only adaptive reading experience available today and is fuelled by LearnSmartTM, the most widely used adaptive learning resource that strengthens memory recall, improves course retention and boosts grades.