Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing

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F. A. Davis Company, 1997 - Education - 184 pages
This text provides an overview of psychiatric illness and altered mental health, with emphasis on the psychiatric problems commonly seen in patients in nonpsychiatric care settings. It enables the LPN student to learn how to speak with patients, interpret their communication, assess and identify abnormal behaviors, and assist with expected treatment protocols.

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History of Mental Health Nursing
1
Basics of Communication
5
Ethics and Law
23
Copyright

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