Psychosocial nursing for general patient care
By: Linda M. Gorman, Donna F. Sultan.
Contributors: Sultan, Donna.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: F.A. Davis Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 539
ISBN-13: 9780803617841
Subjects: Psychiatric nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Nursing -- Social aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Nursing Care -- psychology -- Handbooks.; Nurse-Patient Relations -- Handbooks.; Nursing Assessment -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-511) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction to psychosocial nursing for general patient care; value: Psychosocial response to illness; value: Psychosocial skills; value: Nurses' responses to difficult patient behaviors; value: Crisis intervention; value: Cultural considerations: implications for psychosocial nursing care; value: Problems with anxiety; value: Problems with anger; value: Problems with affect and mood; value: Problems with confusion; value: Problems with psychotic thought processes; value: Problems relating to others; value: Problems with substance abuse; value: Problems with sexual dysfunction; value: Problems with pain; value: Problems with nutrition; value: Problems within the family; value: Problems with spiritual distress; value: Nursing management of special populations; value: Disaster planning and response-psychosocial impact; value: Psychopharmacology: database for patient and family education on psychiatric medications.