Mental Health Nursing at a Glance

Grahame Smith is Principal Lecturer and Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Counselling at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He is an experienced mental health nurse who has worked in a variety of?mental health service settings. He has a proven career record within the area of health care research and development both as a field-worker and as a project manager.His current role in the higher education sector ensures that he is involved directly in the process of delivering both pre and post registration nurse education courses. He is also a team member of a practice development team within an in-patient mental health setting.

• How to use your revision guide viiAbout the companion website xIntroduction xiiPractice tree example xivPart 1 Essential skills 11 Care, compassion and communication 22 Building therapeutic relationships 43 Values-based practice 64 Managing clinical risk 85 Infection prevention and control 106 Nutrition and fluid management 127 Elimination 148 Clinical observations 169 Documentation 1810 Medicines management 20Part 2 Nursing individuals with mental health needs 2311 Assessment 2412 Risk 2613 Classification 2814 Psychological interventions 3115 Schizophrenia 3416 Depression 3617 Bipolar affective disorder 3818 Anxiety 4019 Eating disorders 4220 Personality disorders 4421 Learning disabilities and mental health 4622 Functional disorders in older adults 4823 Dementia 5024 Acute confusional states 5225 Drug and alcohol misuse 5426 Children and adolescent mental health 5627 Recovery 5828 Physical wellbeing 6029 Mental health law 6230 Medication and ECT 66Part 3 Leadership skills 7131 Organising care 7232 Leadership 7433 Managing people 7634 Time management 7835 Decision-making 8036 Utilising research 8237 Reflection 8438 Lifelong learning 86Appendix: Clinical procedures 88References and bibliography 92Glossary 93Index 95