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Mental Health in Emergency Care
Mental Health in Emergency Care
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Author(s): Marks, Peta
ISBN No.: 9780729544214
Pages: 286
Year: 202212
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 77.27
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

1. Introduction 2. Mental health nursing skills for emergency settings 3. Practice Setting Scenarios Scenario 1: Emergency Department: Rural/Regional or remote Indigenous Australian presenting with a physical health problem and acute MH situation Scenario 2: Emergency Department: Metro area. Indigenous Australian presentation Scenario 3: Emergency Department: Person presenting with acute mental health & substance use Scenario 4: Emergency Department: Person with personality disorder presenting with deliberate self-harm Scenario 5: Emergency Department: 27-year-old woman presents with intentional overdose and trauma Scenario 6: 40-year-old Turkish woman with panic Scenario 7: Emergency Department: Person T/F from RACF with delirium/ older adult with UTI, confusion and agitation Scenario 8: Emergency Department: Person with eating disorder presents to ED faint, medically unstable Scenario 9: Regional Area Emergency Department: Family member of someone who isn't being seen quickly enough shouting and being demanding Scenario 10: Paediatric Emergency Department : Child presenting to paediatric hospital ED with acute behavioural disturbance Scenario 11: Royal Flying Doctors Service: Acute mental health scenario - depression and suicide Scenario: 12: PACER team PACER (MHNs in police): Person with acute psychosis being paranoid Scenario 13: Paramedic/MHN: Person with bipolar (mania) disorder, agitation, irritability, recklessness Scenario 14: Detention Centre: Person in mental health crisis/self-harm/triage in refugee/asylum seeker detention setting Scenario 15: Community First Responders after natural disaster: Mental health & nursing in environmental crisis - bush fire 4. Self-care for Emergency nurses - mini scenarios including reflection, emotional intelligence.


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