Guides: Nurse Practitioner-Mental Health Library Guide: How To Find Background Information

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Background Information

Background questions are considerably broader and when answered, provide general knowledge. For example, a background question such as, "What therapies reduce postoperative pain?" can generally be answered by looking in a textbook.

Stillwell, S. B., Fineout-Overholt, E., Melnyk, B. M., & Williamson, K. M. (2010). Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Asking the Clinical Question: A Key Step in Evidence-Based Practice. AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 110(3), 58-61.

*** Depending on your question, you may also answer background questions using narrative reviews, statistics, or government resources. ***

NP Mental Health Background Information

The best place to start is your course books

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health by Edilma L. Yearwood (Editor); Geraldine S. Pearson (Editor); Jamesetta A. Newland (Editor)
ISBN: 0470963271
Publication Date: eBook 2012
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DSM-5® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis by Michael B. First
ISBN: 1585629987
Publication Date: eBook 2014. First edition
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Geriatric psychiatry : a case-based textbook by Ana Hategan, James A. Bourgeois, Calvin H. Hirsch, Caroline Giroux, editors.
ISBN: 3319675559
Publication Date: eBook 2018
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Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry by Benjamin J. Sadock; Virginia A. Sadock; Pedro Ruiz
ISBN: 1609139712
Publication Date: 2015. Eleventh edition
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Motivational Interviewing, Third Edition by William R. Miller; Stephen Rollnick
ISBN: 9781462507566
Publication Date: 2013 eBook edition. Third edition
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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing by Mary C. Townsend; Karyn I. Morgan
ISBN: 9780803660540
Publication Date: 2015 eBook edition. Eighth edition
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The psychiatric interview by Daniel J Carlat (Author)
ISBN: 9781496358745
Publication Date: eBook 2017. Fourth edition.
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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing by Mary C. Townsend; Karyn I. Morgan
Call Number: WY 160 T749p 2018
ISBN: 9780803660540
Publication Date: Print Book 2018. Ninth edition
The Schulich collection is housed in Redpath Basement within the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex.
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing for Canadian Practice by Cindy Ann Peternelj-Taylor; Wendy Austin; Mary Ann Boyd; Diane Kunyk
ISBN: 1496384873
Publication Date: eBook 2005
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Additional course books:

Straus, S.E., Glasziou, P., Richardson, W.S., Haynes R.B.(2019) Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (5th ed.) Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-7020-6296-4
Buttaro & all. (2017) Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice. (5th ed.) Elsevier.
Casanova, R.(2018) Beckmann and Ling's Obstetrics and Gynecology(8th ed). LWW
Dunphy & all. (2015) Primary Care: The Art and Science of Advance Practice Nursing. (4th ed.) Fa.Davis.
Harper A.H. (2016) Basic Ophthalmology: Essentials for Medical Students (10th ed). AAO.
Nussbaum A.M. (2013) The Pocket Guide to the DSM-V Diagnostic Exam. APA Publishing.

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