2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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Lippincott’sVideoGuideto Psychiatric-MentalHealthNursing Assessment

LippincottWilliams&Wilkins This videooffers nursing students an introduction topsychiatric health history takingandmental status examination,witha focusoneffective communication, appropriate techniques, and expected findings. Delivered via thePoint, this fifty-minute video is organized into two major segments: approach to the health history interview and how to conductacomprehensivemental statusexamination, includingtestsfor appearance, behavior, speech and language, manner, mood, thoughts, and cognitive functions.Thevideodepicts responses frompatients that are representative of common psychiatric problems. Cultural, ethnic, anddevelopmental diversityare reflected throughout the cast.

978-1-60831-147-7 • Institutional VersiononDVD •March2009

Psychiatric • Mental Health