Summary
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It is essential for mental health nurses to understand the physical health needs of people with mental health disorders in order to provide holistic care. Yet these people often have their physical health needs unrecognised or poorly managed. This book is a practical and informative guide to the physical health care of people with mental health illnesses. It covers a range of health-promotion strategies, including exercise, diet and oral health, and assessment, intervention and skills for common physical disorders found in people with mental-health problems. It takes a recovery perspective and emphasises the importance of communication and collaborative care for adherence to healthy lifestyles.
Physical health promotion, communication and the therapeutic alliance
Physical health promotion, communication and the therapeutic alliance
NMC Standards for Pre-registration Nursing Education
This chapter will address the following competencies:
Domain 2: Communication and interpersonal skills
All nurses must use excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Their communications must always be safe, effective, compassionate and respectful. They must communicate effectively using a wide range of strategies and interventions including the effective use of communication technologies. Where people have a disability, nurses must be able to work with service users and others to obtain the information needed to make reasonable adjustments that promote optimum health and enable equal access to services.
NMC Essential Skills Clusters
This chapter will address the following ESCs:
- People can trust the newly registered graduate nurse to engage in ...
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