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Chapter 01: History of Mental Health Nursing
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The act of developing a clean environment is a factor in providing effective health care as
demonstrated by:
A. Nightingale.
B. Benner.
C. Swanson.
D. King.
2. What is the name of the publication written by Florence Nightingale?
A. Nursing Sanitation Notes
B. Nursing 101
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C. Notes on Nursing
D. Nursing Notes
3. A long-term goal for in-patient mental health treatment is generally to:
A. Return the patient to the community.
B. Locate a facility for long term care.
C. Be arrested and placed in prison.
D. Be completely cured of the disorder.
4. The mentally ill were once housed in mental institutions known as:
A. Hospitals.
B. Long-term care facilities.
C. Asylums.
D. Free-standing treatment centers.
5. Which nursing theorists promoted the interpersonal theory between the nurse and the
patient?
A. Hildegard Peplau
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B. Hattie Bessent
C. Mary Mahoney
D. Linda Richards
Completion
Complete each statement.
6. Phenothiazines were discovered in what year? .
7. The first psychiatric program of study was established by which nursing leader?
8. Who was the nurse theorist who was the first American-trained nurse credited with teaching
how to provide care for people with mental illness?
9. The greatest advance in the early years of mental health care was the introduction of
.
10. The legislation that provided funding for improving the care of the mentally ill is known as the
National Mental Health Act of what year? .
11. Which nursing organization established the first certification of psychiatric nursing?
12. One of the goals of the American Nurses Association (ANA) is to promote of nursing care
in the United States.