Author : Harriet Bailey
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ISBN 13 : 9781331039853
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (398 download)
Book Synopsis Nursing Mental Diseases (Classic Reprint) by : Harriet Bailey
Download or read book Nursing Mental Diseases (Classic Reprint) written by Harriet Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nursing Mental Diseases This book makes its appearance in response to many requests that the writer put into more available form the subject matter of her classes with nurses. Mental symptoms in some form and degree are so likely to appear in almost any of the disorders of physical function and are so frequently met in the wards of a general hospital, where too often they are overlooked and misinterpreted by nurses whose training has not included this important study, that many patients are undoubtedly misunderstood and made more miserable and unhappy, and not infrequently in the course of somatic disease grave mental symptoms develop which demand special nursing procedures. It is most desirable that the training in mental nursing be received in a hospital for mental patients, where all types of mental disorders are represented and all grades of symptoms may be noted, and where the larger groups give a more outstanding picture of the various types. The writer's method has been to precede the course in Mental Diseases with a review of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and a brief summary of some of the principles of psychology which explain mental function; to follow each lecture, given by a physician, with a class in which the subject matter of the lecture has been reviewed and the nursing measures applied. Symptoms have been carefully reviewed and emphasized, for, as an eminent physician has said, "While signs are the province of the doctor, symptoms are in a peculiar way that of the nurse" and their observation and recognition are an important part of the nurse's training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
