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Hello all! I'm looking forward to start working on a psy unit in the near future; wanted to purchase some reading materials i can carry around to read for my job (i.e. Psychiatric nursing made incredibly easy!). All suggestions are welcomed! Thanks! :blink:

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing is a good way to stay on top of current psych knowledge.

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That's definitely a good way to start! Thanks :)

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Specializes in Psych and Antepartum.

Cool! Are you planning on working with adults or children? If you're interested in children, I'm reading a really fascinating (but sad) book called "The boy who was raised as a dog" and it's written by a child psychiatrist who talks about severely traumatized children that he's worked with. Also reading "I don't want to talk about it" which sheds light on male depression. Best of luck!

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Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.

Online resource. Home - American Psychiatric Nurses Association

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Not that it's in any size that you could pocket, I recommend Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications by Stephen Stahl. You could buy a less recent copy for near nothing.

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