NUR 2459 Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 1 Modules 1-3 questions and verified correct answers

what are some psychiatric historical events that have occurred in the early psychiatric era? - correct answer 18th century- state asylums created, 600,000 residents were in them, 1st school or psychiatric nursing was created in 1882, deinstitutionalization, shift in role of the nurse from custodial care to professional care. explain what early use of phenothiazine was for in early psych nursing. - correct answer it was discovered to help control psychotic behaviors and improve/ clear thinking. what were the two nursing interventions associated with somatic therapy in early psych nursing? - correct answer insulin therapy ECT therapy explain significance of insulin therapy in the early psych era. - correct answer insulin was administered until the client was comatose, this could kill the patient because the blood sugar could drop below normal levels, but it helped relive psych symptoms. explain significance of early ECT therapy. - correct answer an electrical stimulus was given to the brain with the result of a grand-map seizure. now we can control the shock given and give medications to sedate the client and stimulate the seizure and for proper monitoring throughout the procedure. explain what deinstitutionalization is. - correct answer there was a massive discharge of psychiatric patients from mental hospitals back to their original communities. what is significant about the impact of deinstitutionalization? - correct answer many of the psych patients who needed services were forced onto the streets, potentially leading them to more harm and crime. 3 main reasons deinstitutionalization was initiated. - correct answer the belief that treatment in the hospitals was inhumane hope that medications would offer a cure