Mental Health Care for LPN/LVN Students: A Comprehensive Guide

As an LPN/LVN student, it’s essential to have a deep understanding of mental health care to provide top-notch care to your patients. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to recognize and respond to mental health issues in general patient care settings.

Recognizing and Responding to Mental Health Issues

Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, this guide shows you how to identify and respond to the most critical mental health issues. You’ll explore important communication techniques, ethical and legal issues, and alternative and complementary treatments.

Nursing Interventions and Psychopharmacology

To prepare you for the NCLEX-PN exam and clinical practice, this guide covers nursing interventions, basic psychiatric nursing skills, and psychopharmacology, including must-know side effects.

A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Care

With a focus on the new NCLEX-PN test plan, this guide covers mental health conditions across the lifespan, care plans with detailed descriptions of specific interventions and expected outcomes, and crucial information on palliative and restorative care for long-term care settings.

Real-World Applications and Critical Thinking

Case studies with critical-thinking questions will help you develop your clinical-reasoning skills, and discussions on alternative treatment modalities will facilitate communications with people of different religious and cultural backgrounds.

What Sets This Guide Apart

Updated with the latest knowledge and practices in the field, this guide includes:

• Revisions from the DSM-5-TR 2022
• Coverage of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression
• The opioid crisis and mental illness in the homeless and veteran populations
• Systemic racism in health care
• New Patient Education and Evidence-Based Practice boxes

With full-color illustrations, tables, bulleted lists, and a reader-friendly writing style, this guide makes complex concepts easy to understand.

As a student, don’t settle for just any guide. Get the comprehensive resource you need to succeed in your LPN/LVN program. Learn from the experts and gain the knowledge and skills to provide exceptional care to your patients.