Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: An Interpersonal Approach

Thoroughly updated to correlate with DSM-5 diagnostic descriptions and QSEN guidelines, the second edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate psychiatric nursing text features concrete strategies for establishing interpersonal relationships as the basis not only for working with the psychiatric patient population, but as a timeless foundation for all nursing practice. The text guides students through the essential phases of self-discovery necessary to integrate interpersonal nursing theory into practice. Modules designed to foster growth in therapeutic use of self, including the importance of boundary management, are integrated with psychodynamic and current neurobiological theories to provide sturdy theoretical underpinnings for practice.

A wealth of descriptive psychiatric diagnoses of DSM-5, QSEN criteria, and NANDA-based care plans, case scenarios, evidence-based practice, patient and family education tips, drug summary lists, and complementary and alternative therapy approaches populate the text. The main body of the book focuses on common mental illnesses and weaves both the psychodynamic and neurobiological concepts into evidence-based strategies for nursing interventions. Additional features, such as examples of therapeutic dialogue and a Consumer Perspective featuring an actual consumer voice relating personal experience about living with a specific illness, provide further guidance in understanding and adopting a relationship-based approach to nursing. Web links facilitate quick access to additional information and NCLEX-style review questions prepare students for passing the NCLEX exam.

New to the Second Edition:

• Revisions correlate to DSM-5 descriptions, QSEN criteria, and NANDA nursing diagnoses
• Provides new information on psychopharmacology, compassion fatigue and a recovery model, use of informed consent, and cognitive behavioral therapy
• Presents updates on complementary and alternative interventions
• Includes expanded content on cultural and life span considerations related to mental health care worldwide

Key Features:

• Focuses on interpersonal relationships and boundary navigation as the foundation for practice
• Promotes psychodynamic and neurobiological perspectives within ISPN curricular guidelines
• Written by national and international experts in nursing education and psychiatric-mental heath practice
• Includes a digital student companion with key chapter concepts and critical thinking questions for practice situations
• Provides digital faculty resources including PowerPoint slides, an expanded test bank, case studies, and critical thinking exercises
• Includes free e-book with purchase of the print book

Jeffrey S. Jones, DNP, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CST, LNC, is the president and owner of his own psych APRN business, Jeffrey S. Jones, LLC, in Mansfield, Ohio.

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, is Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, where she was Dean from 1982 through 1997. She is also Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. In 1990, Dr. Fitzpatrick received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from her alma mater, Georgetown University. In 2011 she received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the Frontier University of Nursing. She has received numerous honors and awards; she was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 1981 and a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice in 1996. She received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 18 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature with over 300 publications. She served as co-editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Research series, vols. 1-26; she edits the journals Applied Nursing Research, Archives in Psychiatric Nursing, and Nursing Education Perspectives, the official journal of the National League for Nursing. She edited three editions of the classic Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (ENR), and a series of nursing research digests

Vickie L. Rogers, DNP, RN, is on the faculty at Texas Christian University (TCU), where she teaches Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.