| Description |
xii, 532 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (12 cm) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Current theories and practice -- Building the nurse-patient relationship -- Current social and emotional concerns -- Nursing practice for mental health disorders -- Australian transcultural mental health nursing |
| Summary |
A person-centred resource essential for Australian students This textbook is designed to support students in diploma and degree level mental health nursing courses. Reader-friendly and concise, it promotes skilled engagement, collaborative assessment and care planning, as well as emphasising the need for self-awareness and effective communication. Written in collaboration with accomplished nurse educators and practitioners, Mental Health Nursing delivers a complete framework to prepare nurses for working in mental health. Australian practice is at the core of the text and it includes a special focus on gerontological issues |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Original US edition: Psychiatric-mental health nursing, 5th ed., by Sheila L. Videbeck |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For Australian undergraduate nursing students |
| Notes |
System requirements information for accompanying disc not available |
| Subject |
Psychiatric nursing -- Australia -- Textbooks.
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Psychiatric nursing -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Brown, Peter, 1945- editor
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Evans, Jennifer, 1959- editor
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| ISBN |
1920994203 (paperback) |
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9781920994204 (paperback) |
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