Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Mary Ann Hogan (Author), Rebecca Gruener (Author), Cory Gaylord (Author), Jean Rodgers (Author), Kristyn Kameg Zalice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0132240777 | ISBN-13: 978-0132240772 | Edition: 2

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of mental-health nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, cognitive mental disorders, substance abuse, crisis intervention and suicide, death and dying, and much more.

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Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of mental health nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, cognitive mental disorders, substance abuse, crisis intervention and suicide, death and dying, and much more. Each chapter provides the following tools that will help lead you to success in your course and on the NCLEX-RN:

• Chapter Objectives
• Pre- and post-chapter tests with comprehensive rationales
• New test-taking strategies 
• Vocabulary review
• Practice-to-Pass exercises
• Critical thinking case studies
• NCLEX alerts
• Prentice Hall Nursing Notes reference card
• CD-ROM with 700 practice questions 

About the Series
Prentice Hall's Nursing Review & Rationales Series is the complete foundation for success within the classroom, in clinical settings and on the NCLEX-RN exam. Each topical volume offers a concentrated review of core content from across the nursing curriculum, while providing hundreds of practice questions and comprehensive rationales. The only review series offering a tear-out reference card and additional audio reviews, the complete series includes the following volumes:

• Nursing Fundamentals
• Anatomy & Physiology 
• Child Health Nursing
• Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance
• Maternal-Newborn Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Nutrition & Diet Therapy
• Pathophysiology
• Pharmacology
• Physical Assessment
• Community Health Nursing
• Leadership & Management
• Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN
• Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-PN

About the Author

Mary Ann Hogan, MSN, RN has been a nurse educator for 25 years, currently as a Clinical

Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in

diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs.A former item writer for

the CAT NCLEX-RN® exam,Ms. Hogan has been teaching review courses throughout

New England for the last 15 years. She also has contributed to a number of publications

in the areas of adult health, pharmacology, and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member

of the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor

Society for Nursing.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (April 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132240777
• ISBN-13: 978-0132240772
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Reviews & Study Guides

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book saved me:-), May 14, 2007

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Steffie B (East Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

As much as I love my psych text book, I found this book to be very helpful as a Cliff Notes-type supplement. It is concise and easy to read, and the CD that goes along with it works in my Mac and is totally awesome! You can go through pre and post test questions on line, just like within the chapters, as well as check out some NCLEX stuff. All of this was very helpful for exams and just plain learning.

Love it and highly recommend it for supplementing your studies!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Aid!, April 27, 2009

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M. Hart (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I love the Reviews and Rationales series of books and highly recommend them for all nursing students. After I go through my notes from class and the textbook, I use this book for review. It helps sum up all of the millions of pieces of information I have assimilated into one concise source. The review questions have proven to be extremely helpful in studying for exams as well. Similiar content questions have even appeared on our nursing school exams! I love the fact that they give you the rationale behind the answer and tell you how to reason your way to the answer if you are unsure. Each chapter has 20 questions, and then there are 30 more for each chapter on the enclosed CD. They are great for NCLEX prep.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mental Health Nursing Reviews and Rationales, March 8, 2008

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C. Veres (Hollywood, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I used this book for test reviews although I wish they had put more questions in it, I found that the rationales helped a great deal when figuring out what I got wrong and why I got it wrong. I would recommend this book to any nursing student that was doing the Psy rotations as a good test study aid.