Table of Contents

How to use your revision guide vii About the companion website x Introduction xii Practice tree example xiv Part 1 Essential skills 1 1 Care, compassion and communication 2 2 Building therapeutic relationships 4 3 Values-based practice 6 4 Managing clinical risk 8 5 Infection prevention and control 10 6 Nutrition and fluid management 12 7 Elimination 14 8 Clinical observations 16 9 Documentation 18 10 Medicines management 20 Part 2 Nursing individuals with mental health needs 23 11 Assessment 24 12 Risk 26 13 Classification 28 14 Psychological interventions 31 15 Schizophrenia 34 16 Depression 36 17 Bipolar affective disorder 38 18 Anxiety 40 19 Eating disorders 42 20 Personality disorders 44 21 Learning disabilities and mental health 46 22 Functional disorders in older adults 48 23 Dementia 50 24 Acute confusional states 52 25 Drug and alcohol misuse 54 26 Children and adolescent mental health 56 27 Recovery 58 28 Physical wellbeing 60 29 Mental health law 62 30 Medication and ECT 66 Part 3 Leadership skills 71 31 Organising care 72 32 Leadership 74 33 Managing people 76 34 Time management 78 35 Decision-making 80 36 Utilising research 82 37 Reflection 84 38 Lifelong learning 86 Appendix: Clinical procedures 88 References and bibliography 92 Glossary 93 Index 95

About the Author

Grahame Smith is Principal Lecturer and Head of Social Work, Mental Health and Counselling at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He is an experienced mental health nurse who has worked in a variety of?mental health service settings. He has a proven career record within the area of health care research and development both as a field-worker and as a project manager. His current role in the higher education sector ensures that he is involved directly in the process of delivering both pre and post registration nurse education courses. He is also a team member of a practice development team within an in-patient mental health setting.