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Psychopharmacological overview in practical format
In it's second edition, the book divides into two essential overviews that are very "user friendly". The first part profiles a general clinical psychopharmacology which provides a well written and comprehensible neuroanatomy review, which is basic to the understanding of how psychotropic drugs work. The mental disorders are discussed which these drugs are used to treat, along with ECT, abuse dynamics and interventions.

The second section provides a complete drug profile for more than 100 psychotropics. Included in each profile are facts that exceed most common nursing medication books. The drug index is all encompassing and has index resource to furthur promote a handy reference source. ... Read more

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Jam Packed with Information
This is an incrediably comprehensive text on psychiatry. Each paragraph introduces new material in understandable terminology. I am using it for a graduate nursing class and find it to be heavy going. I recommend reading it with the companion study guide to help distill the most important information from all the material presented. ... Read more

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This handy pocket guide is designed to assist in the assessment of psychiatric nursing clients, the formulation of nursing diagnoses, and the design of psychiatric nursing care plans. The book contains practical, clinically oriented information students can carry with them as they visit the inpatient unit, community mental health setting, or home care setting. It is also an excellent resource for the new graduate and/or practicing nurse. ... Read more

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The closest a student can get to the wards without seeing patients! Designed to teach through clinical cases, this text offers 60 of the most common clinical problems in psychiatry along with case discussion questions, clinical pearls, key terms and concepts, and USMLE-style questions and answers to reinforce learning. This is an excellent study guide for the psychiatry shelf exam and the USMLE Step 2. ... Read more

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This outstanding resource provides comprehensive and straightforward coverage of psychiatric nursing. Using a balanced nursing-medical approach, it presents strong baseline coverage of the DSM-IV-TR and related treatments, while continuing to focus on what psychiatric nurses actually do. The book weaves important themes throughout the text after introducing fundamental concepts early on. These areas include legal/ethical issues, research, growth/development, and cultural implications, as well as psychopharmacology, psychobiology, and communication. ... Read more

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In this era of managed care, this text helps health professionals properly assess, manage, and monitor the overall care of persons who have emotional and psychiatric problems. This new text includes practical clinical skills, numerous case studies, and references and suggested readings at the end of each chapter.In addition, this books thoroughly explains effective collaboration with other health disciplines, including when to seek referral and consultation. Nurses, nurse practitioners. ... Read more

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A must have for your professional library
This book is a must have for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. It helped to bring me to a better understanding of my role as a psychiatric APN as well as moving me beyond myself to see the greater impact that our profession is making and needs to continue to make. The book is a tremendous resource, with a comprehensive overview of concepts and interventions that assist with everyday practice and an overview of the vulnerable populations that we serve. ... Read more

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First published under the title Psychiatric Nursing, this book provides users with the most up-to-date, evidence-based, culturally competent, authoritative, comprehensive resource available; and presents the information in an accessible, clinically-relevant, and professional format.Comprehensive and easily accessible, this book covers all topics in the psychiatric-mental health nursing profession, including evidence-based practice, applying processes to practice, clients with mental disorders, vulnerable populations, and nursing intervention strategies and outcomes.For psychiatric-mental health nurses and practictioners. ... Read more

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This comprehensive text offers a unique perspective on the needs of clients with psychiatric disorders.Its fresh and innovative approach is designed to help practitioners understand their clients so they can provide humanistic health care and disease treatment.Current issues in psychiatric mental health nursing affect the care of clients: health care reform, shorter inpatient stays, psycho biology, community care, and technology.The text offers a framework for dealing with these issues while providing a high level of care.The real-life experiences of clients with psychiatric disorders are presented through excerpts from literature, movie clips, and classic art. Special client populations are addressed: the physically ill client; the homeless and incarcerated; the child; the adolescent; the elderly; and survivors of violence or abuse.Emphasis on the art and science of nursing; art through the use of humanities (literary excerpts, movie clips), and science through the theoretical and eepidemiological base underlying disorders. (key words: psychiatric nursing, mental health nursing, psychiatric diorders, epidemiology, cultural assessment, nursing) ... Read more

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Comprehensive text on professional communication
I liked this text book. It is clearly written and comprehensive--so difficult to find in a communication textbook. The communication exercises are thought provoking and I like the text boxes. The case studies seem real and capture some of the nursing communication dilemmas I have encountered as a student. This text is a keeper!

COMMUNICATION
I LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT I USUALLY CAN'T UNDERSTAND THINGS THAT I READ BECAUSE OF MY LEARNING DISABILITY.

Interpersonal Relationships 3rd ed by Arnold and Boggs
This book has five parts. Part I Conceptual Foundations of Nurse-Client Relationships discusses theory, professional guides, and self-concept. Part II The Nurse-Client Relationship includes structuring the relationship, therapeutic relationship, role relationship patterns, critical thinking, and grief. Part III Therapeutic Communications covers communication styles, therapeutic communication skills, intercultural communication, groups, families, conflict, health promotion and teaching. Part IV Responding to Special Needs addresses communicating with clients experiencing communication deficits, children, older adults, and clients in stressful situations and crisis. Part V Professional Issues is about communicating with other health professionals and documentation using computers. Chapters start with an outline and objectives. Sections are identified with bold and colored print. Some important content is put in boxes. Exercises specifying purpose, procedure, and discussion are dispersed throughout the chapters. Case examples and tables are used. Chapters are well illustrated. Color is used. A summary and references are at the end of each chapter. A glossary and index are at the end of the book. This is a scholarly, theoretical and well-documented book for teaching professional communication skills to nurses. . ... Read more

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Wonderful Examples of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
I am a current nursing student, and i kept this book with me throughout my psychiatric clinical rotation. This book gave me all the nursing diagnoses related to a specific psychiatric problem and the nursing interventions that would be appropriate. This is a must-have for anyone in psychiatric nursing! ... Read more

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Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing, 8th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of psychiatric nursing. Beginning with fundamental coverage of all key psychiatric nursing principles, it goes on to address the complete continuum of care - including mental health promotion and illness prevention, crisis intervention, and psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery. The book then applies psychiatric nursing principles to specific clinical disorders based on adaptive-maladaptive coping responses, the six-step nursing process, and DSM-IV-TR and NANDA diagnoses. Subsequent chapters describe various modalities of treatment (psychopharmacology, somatic therapies, cognitive and behavioral therapies, managing aggressive behavior, and more), hospital-based and community-based care, and treatment of special populations. * The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model provides a consistent nursing-oriented framework for understanding health and wellness. * Evidence-based algorithms are presented in lieu of the less relevant critical pathways found in other texts. * The latest American Nurses Association's Standards of Care prepare students for the realities of evidenced-based care in nursing practice. * A vibrant, full-color design enhances and enriches students' understanding of essential concepts. * Short vignettes in a patient's and family's own words give readers a different perspective of the caregiving process. * Case studies present in-depth clinical scenarios that show each step of the nursing process, demonstrating realistic applications of the nursing process. * Critical thinking questions interspersed throughout the text encourage independent clinical reasoning. ... Read more

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Psychiatric Nursing
This is a great textbook. Very informative without being boring. Includes personal reports from patients, families, and experienced nurses. Each chapter concludes with a short quiz to help focus on the main points. Includes assessment tools such as the Mini Mental Status Exam. Perfect for beginners. This book is a refreshing balance of educational and enjoyable reading. ... Read more

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This volume of Lippincott's Review Series provides a completereview of mental health and psychiatric nursing. Comprehensive outlinescover fundamental concepts to help students learn and retaininformation. Each chapter concludes with study questions and rationalefor the correct and incorrect answers. A 100 question comprehensiveexamination helps students evaluate their knowledge of this clinicalarea. All questions are coded according to NCLEX components to furtherdirect learners to areas needing additional study. New Second EditionFeatures...Key Concepts -- highlight essential information. NursingAlerts -- provide critical clinical reminders. Lippincott's ReviewSeries reinforces and enhances classroom efforts. One of the best studyand NCLEX prep review resources available. ... Read more

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Excellent! Clear and concise.
This is an excellent book to use to review. The content is easy to read and the book contains everything you need to know. I had the privledge of having Ann Isaacs as an instructor and she is one of the best. The review questions are great to practice for the state boards. ... Read more

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This supplemental text/reference presents fifty-three nursingcare plans that address the most commonly encountered behaviors andbehavior complexes among adult and adolescent clients in psychiatricmental health nursing. The book's logical, easy-to-use organizationmakes it the perfect complement to any psych-nursing text, and promotescomfort and confidence when used in both classroom and clinicalsettings. Readers can easily identify a client's problem by locatingeither the nursing diagnosis or the client's symptom. Coverage includesbasic psychiatric nursing concepts, issues and interventions; and thetext's Nursing Process focus utilizes the latest NANDA nursingdiagnoses. Therapeutic goals link assessment data and expected clientoutcomes; and expected outcomes are prioritized into initial anddischarge, stressing client safety first. New in this edition: / Twonew sections in Basic Concepts, including: Guidelines for DeliveringCulturally Competent Care, Health Promotion and Early Interventions forCare-givers / Outcomes-focused care / Multiplicity of care settings,including home care and partial hospitalization / Case Management,including critical pathways and transitions into the community /Complete updating of Psychopharmacology content. ... Read more

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This Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry succeeds the Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, third edition (1996). It continues in the tradition of providing clear, comprehensive and practical coverage of clinical psychiatry specifically tailored to the needs of trainees, as well as providing a useful reference work for psychiatrists in practice and general practitioners. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated with the help of a team of expert advisors; however, it continues to be written by just three authors retaining a uniform style throughout, achieving cohesive and comprehensive coverage. The revision pays particular attention to the considerable advances in knowledge derived from the field of neuroscience, as well as including new chapters on an evidence-based approach to practice, somatoform and dissociative disorders, eating disorders and ethics. The text and layout have been redesigned with greater use of illustrations, tables, lists and summary boxes, and the comprehensive reference section has been revised and brought right up-to-date. ... Read more

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When Nazi Germany is the question, there are no easy answers. History looks back on those dark days and screams, simply, "Why?" In this careful book, Bronwyn Rebekah McFarland-Icke examines the Nazi euthanasia programs inflicted on the mentally and physically disabled between 1939 and 1945, which resulted in more than 100,000 deaths. Looking specifically at the psychiatric nurses who collaborated in treatments and experiments that abused or killed their subjects, McFarland-Icke finds an eclectic set of responses from a group of people who were, for the most part, ordinary Germans. "There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that people's choices in daily life did not, and could not, reflect a complete acceptance or rejection of National Socialism as a coherent entity representing a set of coherent principles," writes McFarland-Icke. This is a subtler work thanDaniel Jonah Goldhagen'sHitler's Willing Executioners. Indeed, Nurses in Nazi Germany deliberately avoids sensational conclusions. Relying on previously neglected material, it is a sober study of human action under extraordinary pressure and strain. The focus of the book may make it seem specialized, but it addresses larger matters that concern anybody who is interested in the Holocaust, propaganda, and moral choices. --John J. Miller ... Read more

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A Coherent, Frightening, & Vivid Look At Nazi Euthanasia!
Nowhere is the collective madness that Nazi Germany descended into better documented than in this story of its policy of euthanasia of its own infirm citizens. Although it is just an overview, it does provide the reader with an excellent starting point in learning about just how comprehensive and ambitious was this "ethnic cleansing" effort on the part of the National Socialists. Author Bronwyn Rebekah McFarland-Icke surveys the wide range of Nazi extermination programs as visited by the government on the mentally and physically handicapped based on their medically based crackpot theories associated with more positive programs of eugenics. It's a little known fact, for example, that physician and medical researcher Josef Mengele, later the Auschwitz "Angel of Death", was a respected member of the greater European medical research community in the late 1920s-1930s.

This work is frightening in its examination of how easily these ideas and medical practices were incorporated into everyday practice, so that doctors, nurses and other medical personnel adopted and practiced them with little or no immediate feelings of either guilt or shame over the collective practice of eugenic ritual murder they were introducing into society. Interestingly, although this is a sensational subject, the author does not dwell on these elements so much as she asks some penetrating and intriguing questions regarding how easily and universally the German medical community adopted such practices starting in 1939 without asking any questions. Of course, while it is easy in retrospect to see how horrific these policies were, the social, political, and cultural situation in the Third Reich were hardly tolerant of such questioning attitudes or inconvenient questioning.

Most fascinating is the systematic denial of knowledge or culpability on the part of the psychiatric nurses involved in the euthanasia programs. Rather, their responses suggest the same kind of ritual denial; of the "I only work here" sort of cultural excuses that one must recognize the degree to which such individuals were subjected to the extraordinary cultural pressures and collective denials that the National Socialists used throughout Germany to such chilling advantage. This is not, of course, to suggest a lack of personal responsibility or culpability for their collaboration and criminal involvement in the euthanasia programs, but rather to recognize how powerful a social force the kind of cultural pressures of living in Nazi Germany can be. It is a damning indictment of all of us who shun our own moral responsibilities in what happens around us. Indeed, the true legacy of the Nazi experience is the degree to which we must all accept responsibility for the moral choices we either make or avoid by our actions and inaction.

This is a worthwhile, well-written if difficult book, one written on a specialized and quite specific aspect of the experience of the Holocaust, yet one reverberating with the murderous potential of the Nazis so early in their tenure in Germany. After all, had the world known how ready ordinary Germans were to kill their own mentally ill, physically handicapped, and inconvenient older and chronically sick citizens, perhaps we would have acted differently in accepting much larger number of Jewish and other expatriated Germans than we did. Such is our own American complicity in this legacy of human shame.

The Removal of Responsibility
Nurses in Nazi Germany is not a bad book by any means. It simply covers too many ideas in too little space. In other words, it lacks depth.

In what could have been a ground breaking work, the authors seem compelled to encapsulate profound ideas into easily digestible sections. I'd get drawn into a chapter, only to have it end before a subject was fully developed. There are simply better books on T4.

However, there IS reason to own Nurses in Nazi Germany. It provides one of the BEST explorations of the use of official language to re-educate medical personnel to accept the idea of "euthanasia"-- while at the same time completely distancing them from taking responsibility for the act of murder.

As nurses in the Nazi hierarchy -- and indeed the medical profession as a whole at the time -- were expected to follow doctors' orders without question, there was a built-in "buffer" between the nurse and culpability. This distanced killing center nurses from moral responsibility as well. In a sense, the medical culture "forgave" them their actions because, technically, nurses didn't "know" what they were doing! This rationale comes up again and again in interviews with former killing center staff. It's chilling.

The idea that language can act as a buffer between morality and murder is incredible to me. The language of "distancing" is dangerous -- and second nature to most of us.

Even though I cannot rate this book highly, I think it does make a solid contribution to the study of medicine in Nazi Germany. ... Read more