🧠 New from WisTech Open: Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts

WisTech Open is proud to share the release of Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts, a free, open textbook designed to equip nursing students with the skills and understanding needed to care for individuals and populations facing mental health challenges.

Now available, this engaging and practical resource supports learners with evidence-based strategies for delivering compassionate, holistic care in both clinical and community settings.

🏥 Why this textbook matters

Mental health is essential to overall wellness, and nurses play a vital role in supporting emotional and behavioral health. Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts helps learners:

🧠 Understand common mental health conditions and therapeutic interventions
💬 Communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and families
🏡 Explore community-based approaches to care and prevention
📋 Integrate trauma-informed, culturally responsive nursing practices
📖 Apply nursing process and critical thinking to mental health scenarios

It’s a real-world guide for nursing students learning to care for the whole person—mind and body.

👩‍⚕️ Who it’s for

This textbook is a great fit for:

🧑‍⚕️ Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing students
🧠 Psychiatric-mental health and community health nursing courses
🏫 Dual-credit and health pathway programs with a behavioral health focus
🧑‍🏫 Faculty seeking flexible, inclusive OER content
🔁 Upskilling or bridge programs addressing population health and mental wellness

📘 What’s inside

• Overview of mental health concepts and psychiatric care
• Community health principles and public health nursing
• NCLEX-style questions and interactive case studies
• Evidence-based practice, safety alerts, and self-reflection prompts
• Scenarios reflecting diverse patients and care settings

🔓 Open, flexible, and free

Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts is published by WisTech Open and:

✅ Is 100% free—no access codes or fees
🛠️ Is openly licensed and easily customizable
🌍 Supports hybrid, online, or in-person delivery
📲 Includes videos, simulations, and LMS-ready formats

🚀 Explore or adopt the book today

Start reading here:
👉 https://wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nursingmhcc/

Help your students build the knowledge and compassion to support mental wellness—with Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts from WisTech Open.

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