Psychiatric Nursing

The definitive resource for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing education is now fully updated for today's practice challenges. Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice, 8th Edition, prepares students to deliver exceptional care through evidence-based, recovery-oriented approaches. This updated edition emphasizes clinical judgment development and adds reflections from professional nurses, discussion of mental health inequities, trauma-informed care guidance, expanded safety content, and a new chapter on complementary therapies and integrative health. Trusted pedagogical elements like threaded case studies, therapeutic dialogues, and clinical judgment care plans create a seamless bridge from classroom to clinical practice, transforming student apprehension into confidence.