Settings for psychiatric care
CHAPTER 4 Settings for psychiatric care Monica J. Halter, Christine Tebaldi and Avni Cirpili Objectives 1. Compare the process of obtaining care for physical problems with obtaining care for psychiatric problems….
The nursing process and standards of care for psychiatric mental health nursing
CHAPTER 7 The nursing process and standards of care for psychiatric mental health nursing Elizabeth M. Varcarolis Objectives 1. Compare the different approaches you would consider when performing an assessment with…
Legal and ethical guidelines for safe practice
CHAPTER 6 Legal and ethical guidelines for safe practice Penny S. Brooke and Diane K. Kjervik Objectives 1. Compare and contrast the terms ethics and bioethics and identify five principles of…
Contributing to evidence-based healthcare cultures through lifelong learning
evidence-based healthcare: emphasises the use of evidence from well-designed and conducted research in healthcare decision-making lifelong learning: the ongoing, voluntary and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for personal or professional reasons…
Building lifelong learning capacities and resilience in changing academic and healthcare contexts
culture: what people do every day: how they behave, speak, relate and make things Case study These are the reflections of six different students studying nursing who are completing the…
Communication theory and its applications in nursing and healthcare
communication models: ways of describing communication in a diagrammatic form; for example, the linear, interactive and transaction models Communication models have evolved from the first rudimentary model by Shannon and…
Professional skills for nurses and other health professionals: Contexts and capability of practice
emotional intelligence: the emotional and social characteristics, skills and enablers that determine how we perceive and express ourselves, understand and relate to others, and cope with daily living leadership: undertaken…
Communicating in academic and clinical contexts
information literacy: a set of skills for searching for, locating, evaluating and using information Writing academically Purpose and context When you write academically or professionally, you write for readers who…
Communication in context: Developing a professional identity
competence: the ability to consistently function safely and effectively as a registered nurse Motivations for becoming a nurse As you embark on your career, you will probably be asked, ‘Why…
Building transcultural skills for professional contexts
culture: what people do every day: how they behave, speak, relate and make things It is important to be aware that our personalities also influence how we communicate. Chapter 6…
