Psychiatric Certification Review Guide for the Generalist and Clinical Specialist in Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing [Paperback]

Clare Houseman (Author)

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Publication Date: July 15, 1998 | ISBN-10: 1878028197 | ISBN-13: 978-1878028198 | Edition: 2

Psychiatric Review Of Practicing Nurses Preparing For The Certification Examination Offered By The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

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Many nurses preparing for certification examination find that reviewing an extensive body of scientific knowledge requires a very difficult search of many sources that must be synthesized to provide a review base for the examination. This publication provides a succinct, yet comprehensive review of the core material.

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From Chapter 4: Definition, Signs and Symptoms, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Studies/Tests, Assessment, Medical Complications, Nursing Diagnoses, Genetic/Biochemical Origins, Pharmacotherapy, Interpersonal Origins/Psychotherapeutic Intervention, Family Dynamics/Family Therapy, Group Interventions, Milieu Interventions, Community Resources, Interventions with the Impaired Nurse, Questions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 646 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2 edition (July 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878028197
• ISBN-13: 978-1878028198
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #909,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too many other choices available, November 9, 2002

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This review is from: Psychiatric Certification Review Guide for the Generalist and Clinical Specialist in Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (Paperback)

This is one of the few books available as a study guide for the psychiatric NP boards. The ANCC guide won't be out until 2003, sad to say. The book's main selling point is the number of practice questions... but some of this material is quite dated. Even considering that the book is from 1998, and there have been sweeping changes in psychiatry since then - some of this stuff is ancient. The psychodynamic / Freudian explanation of bipolar disorder?!?!? Tricyclics used as first line antidepressants, rather than the equally-efficacious-but-less-lethal SSRIs?
The book does support a number of "alternative" and often questionable therapies - such as holding therapy for attachment disorder - but this is probably par for the course in psych books. The text could use a little more emphasis on empirically validated methods.
Having said that, the book has a good chapter on ethical / legal issues, and the practice questions are useful. And you don't have too many other choices.
Do note that some of the practice question keys have incorrect answers in them- the answer selected as 'correct' is in direct contradiction to the text. (Example: the MAOI interaction question in the mood disorder section.) Try to think of it as a method of testing your own security in the validity of your knowledge!
For psychopharmacology review, this book is useless (to be fair, this is partly due to its age). Use Stahl's psychopharmacology text instead.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frank R. Spellman, February 24, 2005

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Frank R. Spellman (Norfolk, Va) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychiatric Certification Review Guide for the Generalist and Clinical Specialist in Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (Paperback)

This is the best text on the subject that I have found and read.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nurse practitioner review, September 2, 2005

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Vivien J. Halloran "nurse" (Muscatine Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychiatric Certification Review Guide for the Generalist and Clinical Specialist in Adult, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (Paperback)

I am finding this book helpful in preparing for my ANCC exam.