Cargando…

Acute mental health nursing : from acute concerns to the capable practitioner /

Recent mental health policy has focused on developing community-based services, while the reality remains that patients experiencing acute episodes of illness are mainly cared for in hospital. Acute Mental Health Nursing has been developed as a guide to the core knowledge and skills required for wor...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harrison, Marc, Howard, David, RGN, Mitchell, Damian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2004.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; An introduction to acute mental health care: from acute concerns to the capable practitioner; Chapter 1
  • Acute psychiatric in-patient assessment; Chapter 2
  • Measuring health and social functioning using HoNOS; Chapter 3
  • Social inclusion and acute care; Chapter 4
  • Strategies for surviving acute care; Chapter 5
  • Case management: perspectives of the UK and US systems; Chapter 6
  • Integrated care pathways: the 'acute' context; Chapter 7
  • Risk assessment and management in acute mental health care; Chapter 8
  • Observation.