Essential new resource providing rapid access to core knowledge supporting all those working in acute mental health settings with people who are acutely ill or distressed. Enables delivery of ethical, competent and compassionate care. Especially valuable for Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates, community nurses, paramedics and students.

Clinical Pocket Reference Fundamentals of Acute Mental Health Nursing CONTENTS Introduction 1 FUNDAMENTALS IN NURSING 1.1 Person-centred care 1.2 Evidence-based practice (EBP) 1.3 Nursing theorists 1.4 Concepts that shape mental health practice 1.5 Nursing ethics 1.6 Other factors that influence mental health nursing practice 2 CONSENT, MENTAL CAPACITY ACT (2005, AMENDED 2019) AND THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 (UPDATED 2007) 2.1 What is consent? 2.2 The MCA 2.3 Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS 2.4 The MHA 2.5 Receiving Section papers 2.6 Giving information to a detained patient: ‘reading the rights’ 2.7 Writing a mental health tribunal report 2.8 Using the Nurses’ Holding Power, Section 5(4) 3 MAINTAINING SAFETY IN THE ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT SETTING 3.1 Basic infection prevention and control measures 3.2 Managing specific risks 3.3 Approaches to managing risk 3.4 How to anticipate, prevent and manage violence and aggression 3.5 Using restrictive interventions 3.6 Sexual safety in mental health wards 4 INPATIENT PATHWAY NURSING ASSESSMENT AND COMMON PRESENTATIONS 4.1 Key elements of effective inpatient care 4.2 Nursing assessment 4.3 Care planning 4.4 The person with depression 4.5 The person with anxiety 4.6 The person with psychosis 4.7 The person with mood disorder 4.8 The person who is suicidal 4.9 The person who self-harms/inflicts self-injury. 4.10 The person with alcohol or substance misuse disorder 5 MEDICATION 5.1 Shared decision-making 5.2 Legal categories of medicine 5.3 Nurse prescribing and a competency framework for all prescribers 5.4 Consent to treatment 5.5 Administering medication 5.6 Unit conversions 5.7 Drug calculations 5.8 General principles of record keeping 5.9 Compliance, adherence and concordance 5.10 Common medications and some common side effects 5.11 Rapid tranquillisation (RT)/sedation 5.12 Pro re nata (PRN): given ‘as required’ medication. 5.13 Finding up-to-date information about medicines 6 PHYSICAL HEALTH 6.1 The social determinants of health 6.2 SMI and physical health 6.3 Physical healthcare on admission to an acute mental health setting 6.4 Improving physical health 6.5 Sepsis, malnutrition, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) assessment 6.6 Preventing falls 7 SUSTAINING YOUR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (online only) 7.1 Reflection 7.2 Clinical supervision 7.3 Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) 7.4 Schwartz Rounds 7.5 Preceptorship 7.6 Revalidation 7.7 Resources for nurses 8 Terminology/abbreviations