This concise, quick reference handbook will help prepare students and nurses for common psychosocial and psychiatric problems that can coincide with patients medical problems. Its quick reference format allows them to find information to intervene quickly and effectively and keep the patient -- and the student -- safe.
WHATS NEW
Content on care in various settings (home care, nursing homes, residential care, outpatient, psychiatric home care, hospital) incorporated into appropriate sections of the chapters
Increased emphasis on the psychosocial responses throughout the life span with a focus on children, adolescents, mother/child, and the elderly
New material includes chapters on culture and end-of-life care; also alternative/complementary medicine information integrated within appropriate chapters
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