Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing

UNIT 1: PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE . Roles and Functions of Psychiatric Nurses: Competent Caring . Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship . Conceptual Models of Psychiatric Treatment . The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of Psychiatric Nursing Care . NEW Evidence Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice . Biological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care . Psychological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care . Sociocultural Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care . Environmental Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care . Legal-Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care .Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Care . Actualizing the Psychiatric Nursing Role: Professional Performance Standards . UNIT 2: CONTINUUM OF CARE . Mental Health Promotion . Crisis Intervention . Psychiatric Rehabilitation . Involving Families in the Continuum of Care . UNIT 3: APPLYING PRINCIPLES IN NURSING PRACTICE . Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders . Psychophysiological Responses and Somatoform and Sleep Disorders . Self-concept Responses and Dissociative Disorders . Emotional Responses and Mood Disorders . Self-protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior . Neurobiological Responses and Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders . Social Responses and Personality Disorders . Cognitive Responses and Organic Mental Disorders . Chemically Mediated Responses and Substance-Related Disorders . Eating Regulation Responses and Eating Disorders . Sexual Responses and Sexual Disorders . UNIT 4: TREATMENT MODALITIES . Psychopharmacology . Somatic Therapies . NEW Alternative and Complementary Therapies . Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behavior . Cognitive Behavioral Therapy . Therapeutic Groups . Family Interventions . UNIT 5: TREATMENT SETTINGS . Hospital-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care . Community Psychiatric Nursing Care . Home Psychiatri