Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition)

by Mary Ann Hogan

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This text provides a clear, concentrated, and up-to-date review of today's "need to know" knowledge for effective psychiatric and mental health nursing. Developed and reviewed by a large team of nurse educators, PEARSON REVIEWS & RATIONALES: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING WITH NURSING REVIEWS & RATIONALES, 3/e fully reflects the current (2010) NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. The text thoroughly covers mental health nursing, including every major diagnostic category. Additional chapters focus on crisis show more intervention and suicide; family violence and sexual assault, loss and grief; and the psychological adaptation to medical illness. Since mental health questions are unique and distress many students, Chapter 1 presents specific techniques and strategies for answering the NCLEX-RN® exam's psychosocial integrity questions. A complete support package includes access to additional questions and the complete eText online, and a tear-out NursingNotes card for clinical reference and quick review.  Hundreds of practice questions in the book and online at www.nursingreviewsandrationales.com help students measure their readiness for the NCLEX-RN®. In addition, you can access an eText version of this book on this website show less

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Mary Ann Hogen, PhD(c), MSN, RN, CNE has been a nursing educator for more than 30 years, currently as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RNsup/sup exam, Ms. Hogan has been teaching review show more courses throughout New England for the past 25 years. She has also contributed to a number of publications in the area of adult health, pharmacology, and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, ANA Massachusetts, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eastern Nursing Research Society, National League for Nursing, and International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN). show less

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Nonfiction, Health & Wellness
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616.890231Applied science & technologyMedicine & healthDiseases, Allergies, Skin ConditionsNervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCDMental disorders: bi-polar/schizophrenia
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RC440 .M3545MedicineInternal medicineInternal medicineNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryPsychiatry
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