Psychosocial Nursing for General Patient Care

Book excerpt: Focuses on psychosocial problems faced by nurses in multiple care settings-- home care, nursing homes, residential care, outpatient, psychiatric home care, and the hospital. Evaluates psychosocial responses to the stresses of illness, illness of a family member, hospitalization, or alterations in mental health, and provides clinically relevant interventions. Begins each disorder or condition chapter with an overview of the problem, including a review of the current theories of causation, and proceeds to assessment, collaborative and nursing management, patient and family education information, charting and discharge planning guidelines, and nursing outcomes. Includes chapters on culture and end-of-life care.