Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing, 3 rd ed.

1. Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing, 3rd ed. CHAPTER 1 THE HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

2. Trailblazers • Florence Nightingale – “founder of nursing” • Dorothea Dix – schoolteacher, not a nurse! suggested government assist patients • Linda Richards – first American-trained nurse; opened Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses

4. Trailblazers • Harriet Bailey – wrote first textbook on psychiatric nursing • Effie Jane Taylor – initiated first psychiatric program of study for nurses • Mary Mahoney – considered to be America’s first African American professional nurse

5. Trailblazers • Hilegard Peplau – interpersonal relations in nursing, therapeutic relationships • Hattie Bessent – developed and directed program for advancement of minority nurses into Masters and PhD levels of practice

6. The Facilities • Asylums • Hospitals • Free-standing facilities

7. The Breakthroughs • Psychotropic medications (mid-1950s) • Deinstitutionalization (a result of psychotropic medications) • Nursing organizations and recommendations • ANA • NLN • Nurse Practice Act

8. The Laws • National Mental Health Act of 1946 • The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 – President Kennedy • The Patient Bill of Rights – 1980 • OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) – 1981