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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830773103321

Titolo

Risk assessment and management in mental health nursing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Phil Woods and Alyson M. Kettles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-37101-0

9786612371011

1-4443-1217-0

1-4443-1216-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodsPhil <1963->

KettlesAlyson <1956->

Disciplina

616.89/0231

616.890231

Soggetti

Psychiatric nursing - Risk assessment

Nursing - Risk assessment

Mental Disorders - nursing

Psychiatric Nursing - methods

Risk Assessment - methods

Risk Management - methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health Nursing; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction Phil Woods and Alyson M. Kettles; Chapter 2 Risk Assessment and Management John Cordall; Chapter 3 The Theory of Risk Alyson M. Kettles and Phil Woods; Chapter 4 Instrumentation Phil Woods and Alyson M. Kettles; Chapter 5 Risk to Others Phil Woods; Chapter 6 Risk to Self B. Lee Murray and Eve Upshall; Chapter 7 Risk of Substance Misuse Lois Dugmore; Chapter 8 Conclusions Alyson M. Kettles and Phil Woods; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Risk assessment and management is a core element of mental health practice, and all nurses need to be aware of the risks surrounding them and their patients in order to create a safe working environment.  This timely and accessible text explores how nurses can enhance their skills,



and improve their practice so that risk is assessed and managed safely and effectively.  Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health Nursing explores issues including context and definitions of risk, risk assessment tools and techniques, strategies for preventing risk situations, suicide, self-harm, neg