Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing: Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780826108708 ISBN-10: 0826108709 Copyright: 2013 Edition: 1st Editors: Tusaie, Kathleen, Fitzpatrick, Joyce J., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 87 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Cherie Howk,  PhD, FNP-BC  (Indiana State University) Description This is an important book for advanced practice psychiatric nurses. It presents options that have not been readily available for the treatment of complex clients and provides overviews and instructions for integrating alternative and traditional therapies for psychiatric patients. Purpose The authors state that the purpose is "to validate and encourage PMH-APRNs (psychiatric-mental health advanced practice registered nurses) to draw from as wide an information base as possible during clinical practice." They note that the book builds on interpersonal and psychodynamic roots of the psychiatric-mental health nursing specialty to provide multiple choices of interventions in order to individualize treatment. These are exciting and worthy goals for the practice of PMH-APRNs. Audience The book is written for and by PMH-APRNs in direct patient care. In addition to serving as a classroom textbook, it is also set up to be used as a study guide for those preparing for certification. The editors and authors of each section are experts in this field. Features Using authoritative sources such as the scope and standards developed by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses, and in collaboration with the American Nurses Association, the book expands on psychotherapeutic techniques and the APRN role in psychiatric nursing. The book is a holistic, integrative, mind-body approach that is organized by symptom clusters. This organization allows for the appropriate choice of intervention/treatment based on the symptom. Assessment There are few new books to direct PMH-APRN treatment options. This one can be compared to Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing, Burgess (Prentice Hall, 1997), which provided what was known about the advanced practice role in psychiatric nursing at that time. Now, this book provides the path to integration of treatment options for the holistic care of psychiatric client by PMH-APRNs. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.