NURSING 6TH EDITION GORMAN BY LINDA M.
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chapter 01: history of mental health nursing
History of Mental Health Nursing
Learning Objectives Key Terms
1. Identify the major trailblazers to mental health nursing. • American Nurses
Association (ANA)
2. Know the basic tenets or theories of the contributors to
mental health nursing. • Asylum
3. Define three types of treatment facilities. • Deinstitutionalization
4. Identify three breakthroughs that advanced mental • Free-standing treatment
health nursing. centers
5. Identify the major laws and provisions of each that • National Association for
influenced mental health nursing. Practical Nurse Education
and Service (NAPNES)
, • National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses • Nurse Practice Act
(NFLPN)
• Psychotropic
• National League for Nursing (NLN)
• Standards of care
■ The Trailblazers were the nurses who took the risks? Who were
the ones who spoke out on behalf of the
For\ centuries,\ nurses\ have\ been\ many\ things\ to\ patient\ and\ the\ profession?\ In\ times\ when\
many\ people.\ People\ have\ nurses\ to\ thank\ for nursing\ was\ considered\ only\“women’s\ work,”
cooking,\ cleaning,\ and\ ministering\ to\ those\ who\ and\ when\ women\ were\ not\ politically\ active,\ the
fought\ battles. major\ trailblazers\ were\ female.
Long\ before\ people\ knew\ what\ aerobic\ or\ Florence\ Nightingale
anaerobic\ microorganisms\ were,\ nurses\ knew\
Florence\Nightingale\ (1820–1910)\ (Fig.\ 1-1).
when\ to\ open\ or\ close\ the\ windows.\ Nurses\
helped\ women\ give\ birth\ to\ their\ young\ and\ has\ been\ called\ the\ founder\ of\ nursing.\ Her\
nursed\ the\ babies\ when\ mothers\ were\ unable\ to\ story\and\ her\ contributions\ are\ numerous\ enough\
or\ when\ mothers\ died\ during\ or\ shortly\ after\ to\ fill\ many\ volumes.\ She\ was\ born\ of\ wealth\
giving\ birth.\ The\ first\ flight\ attendants\ were\ and\ was\ highly\ educated.\ When\ she\ was\ very\
nurses.\ For\ centuries,\ nurses\ have\ gone\ about\ young,\ she\ realized\ she\ wanted\ to\ be\ a\ nurse,\
the\ business\ of\ caring\ for\ people,\ but\ they\ have\ which\ did\ not\ please\ her\ parents.\ Conditions\ in\
not\ always\ done\ that\ quietly.\ Who hospitals\ were\ poor,\ and\ her
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Santa\ Filomena
by\ Henry\ Wadsworth\ Longfellow\ Whene’er\ a\
noble\ deed\ is\ wrought,\ Whene’er\ is\ spoken\ a\ noble\
thought,\ Our\ hearts,\ in\ glad\ surprise,
To\ higher\ levels\ rise.
Figure\ 1-1\ Florence\ Nightingale\ at\ work\
during\ the\ Crimean\ War.
parents\ wanted\ her\ to\ pursue\ a\ life\ as\ wife,\
mother,\ and\ society\ woman.
Florence\ worked\ hard\ to\ educate\ herself\ in\
the\ art\ and\ science\ of\ nursing.\ Her\ mission\ to\
help\ the\ British\ soldiers\ in\ the\ Crimean\ War\
earned\ her\ respect\ around\ the\ world\ as\ a\
nurse\ and\ administrator.\ This\ was\ no\ easy\
task\ because\ many\ of\ the\ soldiers\ at\ the\
Barrack\ Hospital\ at\ Scutari\ resented\ her\
intelligence\ and\ did\ what\ they\ could\ to\
undermine\ her\ work.
The\ relationship\ between\ sanitary\ con-\
ditions\ and\ healing\ became\ known\ and\
accepted\ due\ to\ her\ observations\ and\ dili-\
gence.\ Within\ 6\ months\ of\ her\ arrival\ in\
Scutari,\ the\ mortality\ rate\ dropped\ from\
42.7%\ to\ 2.2%\ (Donahue,\ 1985,\ p.\ 244).
She\ insisted\ on\ proper\ lighting,\ diet,\ clean-\
liness,\ and\ recreation.\ She\ understood\ that\ the\
mind\ and\ body\ work\ together\ and\ that\
cleanliness,\ the\ predecessor\ to\ today’s\ sterile\
techniques,\ is\ a\ major\ barrier\ to\ infec-\ tion\
and\ promotes\ healing.\ She\ carefully\ observed\
and\ documented\ changes\ in\ the\ conditions\ of\
the\ soldiers,\ which\ led\ to\ her\ adulation\ as\
“The\ Lady\ with\ the\ Lamp”\ (from\ the\ poem\
“Santa\ Filomena”\ by\ H.\ W.\ Longfellow).
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The\ tidal\ wave\ of\ deeper\ souls\ Into\ our\ She\ was\ a\ crusader\ for\ the\ improvement\ of\ care\
inmost\ being\ rolls,\ And\lifts\ us\ unawares and\ conditions\ in\ the\ military\ and\ civil-\ ian\
hospitals\ in\ Britain.\ Among\ her\ books\ are\ Notes\
Out\ of\ all\ meaner\ cares.
on\ Hospitals\ (1859),\ which\ deals\ with\ the\
Honour\ to\ those\ whose\ words\ or\ deeds\ Thus\ relationship\ of\ sanitary\ techniques\ to\ medical\
help\ us\ in\ our\ daily\ needs, facilities;\ Notes\ on\ Nursing\ (1859),\ which\ was\ the\
most\ respected\ nursing\ text-\ book\ of\ the\ day;\ and\
And\ by\ their\ overflow\ Raise\ us\ from\ what\ is\ Notes\ on\ Matters\ Affect-\ ing\ the\ Health,\ Eficiency\
low! and\ Hospital\ Administration\ of\ the\ British\ Army
Thus\ thought\ I,\ as\ by\ night\ I\ read\ Of\ the\ great\ (1857)\ (Donahue,\ 1985,\ p.\ 248).
army\ of\ the\ dead,\ The\ trenches\ cold\ and\
damp,
The\ starved\ and\ frozen\ camp,
The\ wounded\ from\ the\ battle-plain,\ In\ dreary\
hospitals\ of\ pain,
The\ cheerless\ corridors,\ The\ cold\ and\ stony\
floors.\ Lo!\ in\ that\ house\ of\ misery\ A\ lady\ with\
a\ lamp\ I\ see
Pass\ through\ the\ glimmering\ gloom,\ And\ flit\
from\ room\ to\ room.
And\ slow,\ as\ in\ a\ dream\ of\ bliss,\ The\
speechless\ sufferer\ turns\ to\kiss\ Her\ shadow,\
as\ it\ falls
Upon\ the\ darkening\ walls.
As\ if\ a\ door\ in\ heaven\ should\ be\ Opened\ and\
then\ closed\ suddenly,\ The\ vision\ came\ and\
went,
The\ light\ shone\ and\ was\ spent.
On\ England’s\ annals,\ through\ the\ long\
Hereafter\ of\ her\ speech\ and\ song,
That\ light\ its\ rays\ shall\ cast\ From\ portals\ of\
the\ past.
A\ Lady\ with\ a\ Lamp\ shall\ stand\ In\ the\ great\
history\ of\ the\ land,\ A\ noble\ type\ of\ good,
Heroic\ womanhood.
Nor\ even\ shall\ be\ wanting\ here\ The\ palm,\ the\
lily,\ and\ the\ spear,\ The\ symbols\ that\ of\ yore
Saint\ Filomena\ bore.