Mental Health Nursing At A Glance Paperback

Grahame Smith

Everything you need to know about Mental Health Nursing at a Glance! From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration mental health nursing students. This brand new nursing title is the perfect accompaniment for pre-registration nursing courses, and is the revision aid that you have been waiting for! Divided into three sections, this book first explores the essential clinical skills needed by nurses, using the NMC Essential Skills Clusters as an organising framework. The second section goes on to look at common disorders and approaches. The third section then discusses the leadership and organisational skills required by nurses, again derived from the NMC standards. Key features: * Breaks down complex aspects of mental health care in an accessible and un-intimidating way * The perfect revision and consolidation textbook * Linked closely with the NMC standards for pre-registration nursing education, and the essential skills clusters framework * Explores a broad range of mental health disorders, from care of children right up to care of older people * Looks at mental health nursing in all settings, including acute, forensic and community * Highly visual colour presentation * Includes boxes, summary boxes, reflective opportunities and case studies to improve the learning experience

1118465288

9781118465288

English

John Wiley & Sons Inc

24/Nov/14

112

Grahame Smith is Principal Lecturer and Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Counselling at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He is an experienced mental health nurse who has worked in a variety of?mental health service settings. He has a proven career record within the area of health care research and development both as a field-worker and as a project manager. His current role in the higher education sector ensures that he is involved directly in the process of delivering both pre and post registration nurse education courses. He is also a team member of a practice development team within an in-patient mental health setting.