Presents practical recommendations and advice for nurses coping with challenging, real world situations. Covering issues such as psychiatric diagnoses, setting limits and establishing authority, death and dying, stress and work, this text includes case studies and dialogue examples to highlight good (and bad) practice. Num Pages: 164 pages, 15 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 11. Weight in Grams: 453. . 2005. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Care of the Difficult Patient: A Nurse's Guide
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 041535823X
ISBN 13: 9780415358231
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Developed collaboratively by a doctor and nurse team, this is the first text to deal specifically with nursing difficult patients. Whether patient problems stem from mental distress and ill health, historic substance abuse, demanding family members or abusive behaviour, difficult patients place extra demands on nurses both professionally and personally. Caring for difficult patients requires both technical and interpersonal skills along with an ability to exercise power and set limits.

This text presents invaluable practical recommendations and advice, well founded in experience and supported by relevant literature, for nurses coping with challenging, real world situations. Including learning points, further reading, case studies and dialogue examples to highlight good (and bad) practice, the book covers pertinent issues such as psychiatric diagnoses, setting limits and establishing authority, death and dying, stress and work. It is ideal for pre- and post-registration nurses, providing concrete direction on the management of difficult patients.

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Manos, Peter; Braun, Joan

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