A Good Psych Nursing Book

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Hello all,

On the psych ward floors, I know everyone follows the policies and procedure manuals/websites and everything, but in general, do you guys have any opinions on a good psych nursing book? In school we had Stuart/Lauria, but unfortunately I sold it back. Now that I'm interested in purchasing a psych nursing book, I'm wondering should I buy another Stuart/Lauria or do you guys know of a better text?

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I like Fontaine, Karen Lee "Mental Health Nursing"

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Specializes in Psychiatric/Mental Health.

Stuart & Laraia's 8th edition is the text that was selected for two of my graduate level courses so far. For my undergrad, we used the Varcarolis text. I saw a link here once with recommendations of other psych-related books which was helpful too; my favorite from that list was "The Day the Voices Stopped" - allows learning in another way! Hope that helps a bit!

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what is meant by "learning in another way"?

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psychiatric nursing by keltner, schwecke, and bostrom.. 5th edition copyright 2006 or 2007 is good.

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Specializes in pure and simple psych.

My favorite is Psychiatric Nursing, by Boyd and Nihart (both named Mary Ann!) Good practical application of clinical information. Lippincott.

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Specializes in L&D, PACU.

Sorry, off topic, but ooooooh, sanctuary, I love your avatar!

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