Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice 8th Edition 9780803676787

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• Taxonomy and diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 with references for each DSM-5 diagnosis

• Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) activities with guidelines for attaining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to fulfill the initiative’s core competencies

• Therapeutic communication icon that highlights talking points and interventions in the care plans to help students feel more comfortable with patients

• Homework assignments at the beginning of each chapter to encourage critical reading

• Emphasis on holistic nursing to emphasize the physical, spiritual, and cultural aspects of psychiatric/mental health nursing

• Core concepts listed at the beginning of each chapter and defined in boxes throughout the text.

• Concept map care plans for all major psychiatric diagnoses

• Care Plans for clients with DSM-5 diagnoses featuring interventions and rationales for commonly observed nursing diagnoses

• ANA standards for clinical practice for DSM diagnoses and therapeutic interventions, as well as for aging individuals, bereaved individuals, and victims of abuse and neglect

• Boxes highlighting client/family education communications and tables listing important topics for discussion including client/family education

• Case studies and exercises designed to stimulate critical thinking

Interactive Clinical Scenarios (Accessible on the Distance Learning Hub)

• Walks students through the nursing process with simulated scenarios that help them to learn how to think like a nurse in a safe setting

• Features client summaries, multiple-choice questions with rationales, and drag-and-drop activities for specific disorders, including suicide, drug addiction, gender dysphoria, sexual abuse, and grief

Davis Advantage (Personalized Learning, Clinical Judgment – Coming May 2021, and Quizzing)

• Personalized Learning engages students through videos and interactive activities that present key concepts in a way that makes content more relatable and understandable

• Clinical Judgment (coming May 2021) challenges students with complex questions that align with the cognitive areas of the NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, requiring careful analysis, synthesis of the data, and critical thinking

• Quizzing provides thousands of NCLEX®-style questions (including alternate format questions) and detailed rationales to test students’ knowledge and promote in-depth understanding

• Personalized Learning Plans and dashboards track students’ progress across their assignments and highlight where they need to focus their study time

• Actionable analytics allow instructors to track comprehension and participation, monitor performance, and identify areas for remediation

• Personalized Teaching Plans provide instructors with engaging lesson plans and activities that can be leveraged in both virtual and in-person classroom settings

• Integrated ebook allows students to reference the textbook anytime, anywhere