Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing

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Personal Stories: Provide insight into the experience of mental health difficulties from the perspective of service users and their carers The newly revised and updated edition has continued to offer an intelligent and readable text that offers a great deal to both students and those undertaking continuous professional development … This edition continues to offer “thinking spaces” that encourage the reader to reflect upon and consider what they have learned in a most practical way. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and continue to be impressed with its high standards of presentation and scholarship’ . Although there are a number of books of this nature, this book is clearly in a superior league, and is presented in a format which is easily read and accessible…It is very difficult to find criticism with this book as it serves to explore countless aspects providing a wealth of research, case studies and current policies and service provision… A must for all students."

Iain Ryrie has worked in the mental health field since 1983 and has delivered a varied portfolio of research, evaluation and practice development since 1990. He has held senior operational and R&D positions in NHS Trusts, academic departments and charitable Foundations, and has published extensively for both national and international audiences. Iain works currently as a health care research consultant for Tribal Group Plc.Pedagogy to support readers includes chapter overviews and summary points, questions for reflection, annotated bibliographies, and fascinating case studies and service users’ views to illustrate everyday clinical situations. Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-rc1-12-g88b4 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9838 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000476 Openlibrary_edition Several features help you get the most out of each chapter and apply theory to practice in a rewarding way, including:

This book is certainly one of the key textbooks I would recommend to all mental health nursing students and practitioners in the UK. It captures both the 'art' and 'science' of our profession and this current edition articulates extremely well the service user perspective and changing policy context in which mental health nurses practice. The scope of the book is admirable and from a pedagogical perspective many of the chapters include 'applied case studies' or 'reflective thinking spaces' which illuminate and make real the often complex nature of mental health nursing."Although there ore a number of hooks of this nature, this book is clecrfy in a superior leaaue, and is presented in a format which is easlv read and accessible...It is very difficult to find criticism with this book as it serves to explore countless aspects providing a wealth of research, case studies and current policies ana service provision … A must for all students” With four brand new chapters plus nine chapters re-written by original authors, key developments in this edition include: Mental health nursing is an art and a science; concerned with both the therapeutic relationship between nurse and client and the skills required for evidence-based practice. Nurses need to find ways of integrating both these elements to meet service users’ demands and policy directives for mental health services. This second edition has been extensively revised to incorporate changes to the UK policy context of mental health nursing, the legal framework of mental health care and the 2006 Chief Nursing Officer’s Review of Mental Health Nursing, From Values to Action. Throughout the text, readers are encouraged to draw upon the evidence base to inform the delivery of high quality mental health care.

This well-established textbook is a must buy for all mental health nursing students and is an invaluable resource for nurses in registered practice. Comprehensive and broad, it explores in detail the many ways in which mental health nursing has a positive impact on the lives of people with mental health difficulties. With ConnectTM instructors can set students work to do in SmartBookTM, which is the first and only adaptive reading experience available today and is fuelled by LearnSmartTM, the most widely used adaptive learning resource that strengthens memory recall, improves course retention and boosts grades. The book is cleverly structured, easily read and presented with clarity by the impressive range of contributing authors. The Editors and Authors are to be congratulated for this important updated edition. Available with a mental health nursing book for the first time, ConnectTM is McGraw-Hill Education's teaching and learning environment that improves performance over a variety of critical outcomes. It is easy to use and proven effective.This new edition is extensively revised throughout and has been extended from 35 to 42 chapters. With 11 brand new chapters plus 14 chapters re-written by new authors, the book is brimming with updated material and new contributions. The book now covers these additional topics: The newly revised and updated edition has continued to offer an intelligent and readable text that offers a great deal to both students and those undertaking continuous professional development ... This edition continues to offer "thinking spaces" that encourage the reader to reflect upon and consider what they have learned in a most practical way. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and continue to be impressed with its high standards of presentation and scholarship'. This book is a must have for anyone that studies within the mental health care setting. It highlights simple ideas while also giving a realistic and more complex notion of what mental health is. It brings to the forefront some issues that aren't normally discussed openly within society."