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

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 256 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89/0231; 616.890231
• Soggetto topico: Psychiatric nursing - Risk assessment; Nursing - Risk assessment; Mental Disorders - nursing; Psychiatric Nursing - methods; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Management - methods
• Altri autori: WoodsPhil <1963-> KettlesAlyson <1956->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Risk assessment and management in mental health nursing
• ISBN: 1-282-37101-0; 9786612371011; 1-4443-1217-0; 1-4443-1216-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910840915303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II