Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: An Interpersonal Approach 2nd Edition Test Bank:

The second edition of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Interprofessional Approach has been thoroughly updated to align with DSM-5 diagnostic descriptions and QSEN guidelines. This undergraduate psychiatric nursing text emphasizes the importance of establishing interpersonal relationships as the foundation for working with the psychiatric patient population and as a timeless foundation for all nursing practice.

The text includes modules designed to foster growth in therapeutic use of self, including the importance of boundary management, and integrates psychodynamic and current neurobiological theories to provide sturdy theoretical underpinnings for practice. Descriptive psychiatric diagnoses of DSM-5, QSEN criteria, and NANDA-based care plans, case scenarios, evidence-based practice, patient and family education tips, drug summary lists, and complementary and alternative therapy approaches populate the text.

The main body of the book focuses on common mental illnesses and weaves both the psychodynamic and neurobiological concepts into evidence-based strategies for nursing interventions. Additional features, such as examples of therapeutic dialogue and a Consumer Perspective featuring an actual consumer voice relating personal experience about living with a specific illness, provide further guidance in understanding and adopting a relationship-based approach to nursing. Web links facilitate quick access to additional information, and NCLEX-style review questions prepare students for passing the NCLEX exam.