{"product_id":"wonderful-and-weird-malcolm-king-cs-9781546232803","title":"Wonderful and Weird: Thumbnail Sketches from a Career in Psychiatric Nursing","description":"\u003cp\u003eMalcolm King, RN, MS, CS, worked as a psychiatric nurse for forty-four years, in twelve hospitals, three countries, and four US states, starting as a nursing assistant and eventually becoming a director of nursing. His book, Wonderful and Weird, is a compilation of the clinical case studies and administrative issues that were most influential in guiding him to a better understanding of the role of the psychiatric nurse and nursing administrator in providing the best possible care to their patients.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book reviews the positive and negative impacts on psychiatric nursing practice as the theoretical models of psychiatry moved from the psychosocial-psychodynamic model to the current biological-medical model and how those models themselves may be influenced by political trends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe particular issues for the nurse working with a forensic psychiatry population are discussed, focusing on the need for nurses to be aware of their professional and personal boundaries with this patient group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWonderful and Weird will be of interest to those psychiatric nurses making decisions regarding the development of their own careers, and to both educators of psychiatric nurses and educators of general nursing students doing their dreaded psychiatric rotation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\" I am delighted ... that Malcolm King has put pen to paper....a thought-provoking book. \"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Fiona Geiger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinter 2019 edition of the \"Nightingale Fellowship Journal\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eU.K. nursing publication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm King Cs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154623280X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781546232803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Malcolm King Cs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113620091135,"sku":"9781546232803","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0eff6983-5909-4e41-b811-f8737dbcdac4.jpg?v=1769616208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wonderful-and-weird-malcolm-king-cs-9781546232803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}