NEEBS Mental Health Nursing 1-9

Who has been called the founder of nursing? - Florence Nightingale Who was the predecessor to today's sterile techniques? - Florence Nightingale She understood that the mind and body work together and that cleanliness is a major barrier to infection and promotes healing. Who was the crusader for the improvement of care and conditions in the military and civilian hospitals in Britain? She wrote Notes on Hospitals Notes on Nursing - Florence Nightingale What was the first formal nurses' training program that opened in 1860? - The Nightingale School for Nurses Who was Dorothea Dix? - A school teacher who stood up for the rights of the mentally insane and the disabled. Because of the efforts of Dorothea Dix some states developed what? - Asylums "psychiatric hospitals" Who was Linda Richards? - The first trained nurse in America. She opened the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses to specialize in training nurses to care for the mentally ill. Who is Effie Jane Taylor? - She is well known for her development and implementation of patient-centered care, putting emphasis on the emotional and intellectual life of the patient. Who is Hildegard Peplau? - - Considered "Mother of Psychiatric Nursing" - Believed in the science and art of nursing - Introduced the concept of advanced practice nursing - Introduced the standards of professional nursing and credentialing - Theory of Interpersonal Relations What are asylums? - a type of institution that first became popular in the sixteenth century to provide care for people with mental disorders What are free standing treatment centers? - They are also known as detox centers Most familiar known Betty Ford Center crisis only based or 21 day stay when were psychotropic drugs developed? - 1950s What is a well known psychotropic medication? what does it do - phenothiazines-thorazine calms and tranquilizes True of false The number of hospitalized mental ill patients in went up. - False the number was actually cut in half from previously What is deinstitutionalization? - the practice of releasing hundreds of thousands of patients from mental hospitals (began in 1960) large decline in facilities because of new laws and the use of phenothiazines What is ANA? - the American Nurses Association sets the clinical nursing standards and lobbies state & federal lawmakers to advance the profession of nursing