PSYCHIATRIC NURSING features a reader-friendly approach to psychiatric nursing, focusing on the therapeutic skills expected of the psychiatric nurse. The psychotherapeutic management model, comprising three componentsthe therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, psychopharmacology, and milieu managementis the framework of the book, presented in a clear writing style with an understandable approach. The psychotherapeutic management model takes a practical, clinical approach to nursing by integrating clinical realities with the theory taught in nursing schools, emphasizing those duties for which nurses are primarily responsible.

The authors continue to use a psychotherapeutic management model for this edition, in which psychiatric nurses are said to have three basic tools: themselves, medications and their environment. With that model in mind the authors introduce psychiatric nursing in various settings, describe basic legal issues and give theories of behavior. They closely describe the relationship between patients and nurse, cultural competence, and spirituality and give a full array of psychotropic drugs, including those for Parkinson's Disease, depression and anxiety. They show how psychiatric nurses manage the patient's milieu, and give succinct accounts of the psychopathology of a range of common disorders, closing by addressing special populations such as children, older adults and survivors of violence and trauma. Although written primarily for classroom use, this edition includes recent evidence-based research material, DSM-IV-TR references and interactive exercises that should prove useful to practitioners. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Psychiatric Nursing, 5th Edition focuses on the therapeutic skills needed by a psychiatric nurse. The psychotherapeutic management model emphasizes a three-pronged approach to psychiatric nursing provides the framework for the book and is presented clearly and understandably. The model takes a practical, clinical approach to nursing by integrating clinical realities with the theory taught in nursing schools, emphasizing those duties for which nurses are primarily responsible.