Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health Nursing. Phil Woods, Alyson M. Kettles

Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health Nursing



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Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health Nursing Phil Woods, Alyson M. Kettles. pdf ebook
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Language: English
Page: 264
ISBN: 1405152869, 9781405152860

Review

"It provides an excellent overview of risk theory, and technical approaches to risk assessment in a manner that may be easily understood by health care professionals." (Journal Health Risk & Society, 22 September 2011)

 

From the Back Cover

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, neglect, forensic aspects of risk, substance misuse, ethical considerations, victimology, risk to others and risk to self.

Special Features:Written in the context of latest policy developments such as the National Service FrameworksDiscusses the role of the mental health nurse in the assessment and management of riskExplores an increasingly important and timely subject in mental health practicePractical  focus, with case studies throughoutWritten by experts in the field



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