Mental Health Nursing Enhanced Edition

Mental Health Nursing is an Australian text combining a theoretical approach to mental health nursing with clinical reasoning and a practical framework for real-life nursing situations.

Ideal for both clinical and theory mental health units, the text was developed with input from consumers and clinicians, and includes the clinical manifestations, impacts, treatment and management of persons suffering from mental illness. Chapters on 'Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury' and 'Mental health first aid' provide detailed coverage of these contemporary mental health issues, while a chapter on Mental State Examination (MSE) comprehensively explores MSE in a style similar to a traditional psychiatry text and in the context of many different mental health conditions, giving you multiple perspectives of presentations.

Critical thinking and review questions challenge you to apply theory to practice, and pharmacology is discussed in each disorder-chapter, helping to contextualise your learning. With coverage of the Mental Health Act (2014), and criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) integrated throughout, the text equips students with a working understanding of major mental health disorders, and the ability to work practically when engaging with persons suffering from mental illness.

Features:

• Updated Instructor's Manual
• NEW reflection activities
• NEW cases studies
• NEW content - Covid-19 impacts
• Diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) with evidence for practice and critical thinking, ensure that students succeed academically and that they are clinically safe in an environment where preparedness is critical
• ‘Learning from practice’ vignettes give students the personal context of mental health from a range of perspectives (consumers, families, and clinicians), so that they can learn about mental health from those who have experienced challenging mental health situations, cared for a loved one and/or supported a person as a professional clinician; these are revisited at the end of chapters to teach about recovery and provide a personal reflection on the experience
• Mental State Examination' (MSE) for each diagnosis offer mental state examination and risk assessments with practical applications for students, along with material on the therapeutic relationship and integration of communication skills
• 'Nursing care plans' guide students through the details of an individual’s case and the process of planning care, performing interventions and evaluating outcomes for that individual
• 'Evidence-based practice' boxes emphasise the importance of evidence and clinical research in nursing by linking theory to practice. As a learning tool, they focus attention on current issues and trends in nursing
• 'Cultural considerations' boxes outline potential considerations students need to think about in relation to a patient’s cultural background
• Instructor Website - Your #1 resource for your course. This tailored collection of teaching tools includes downloadable PowerPoint lecture slides, Instructor's Manual, and Test Bank with customisable questions for quizzes and assessments. Log in or request an account to access instructor resources at au.cengage.com/instructor/account for Australia or nz.cengage.com/instructor/account for New Zealand.

About the Authors

Gylo Hercelinskyj, PhD, is a registered nurse and experienced nursing academic. Her clinical, teaching and research expertise and areas of publication are in mental health, inter-professional learning, innovative educational approaches to learning and teaching, identity and social inclusion. She has extensive experience in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is a senior lecturer in Nursing and deputy head of school at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne.

Dr Louise Alexander is a mental health nursing academic, currently working as a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. She has a background in forensic mental health nursing and a passion for education. Louise has recently completed a PhD, with a focus on improving nursing students' attitudes towards the mentally ill, and in particular, reducing perceived dangerousness through simulation. She has published in the area of simulation in mental health nursing, written chapters in nursing texts and presented at conferences both nationally and internationally.