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PMH-APRN
a nurse with graduate-level training who provides psychiatric-mental health care and promotes
mental health across the lifespan
-assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or substance
disorders
-work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement
through private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid
ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency
ANA Standards and Scope: Standard 5B: Health Teaching & Promotion
-An educated professional nurse is aware of normal developmental and situational threats to
wellness and can educate healthcare consumers to avoid them.
• Example: Moving a toddler from a crib to a bed can prevent injury associated with climbing out
of the crib at that developmental age.
ANA Code of Ethics: the art of nursing is based on?
caring and respect for human dignity
ANA Code of Ethics: the fundamental principle of and attitude that the professional nurse must
have as outlined in Provision 1
ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 1
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-"the nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique
attributes of every person" (ANA, 2015b, p. 1).
ANA Code of Ethics: How should the nurse respond to the discovery of human trafficking in his
or her practice?
ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 8
-Nurses must "bring attention to human rights violations in all settings and contexts. . . . The
nursing profession must respond when these violations are encountered" (ANA, 2015b, p. 33).
Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882
the first organized training school within a hospital for the insane
1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed
the first nurse-organized training course for psychiatric nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital
(before early psychiatric nurses were trained by physicians)
Following WWI, the National League for Nursing Education added:
"nursing in nervous and mental diseases" to curriculum guides
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In WWII, many potential military recruits deemed unfit for service due to psychiatric concerns,
while many veterans experienced combat-related neuropsychiatric conditions. Laura
Fitzsimmons recommended:
standards of training for psychiatric nurses, which led to improved education and standards of
care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946
-psychiatric nursing was recognized as one of the four core disciplines in psychiatric care and
treatment
-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs and contributed to a
growth in university-based nursing education.
1954
-the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing was established at Rutgers University by
Hildegarde Peplau
• to prepare nurse therapists.
-The first advanced practice nursing role was the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse
specialist (PMHCNS) role.
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963
(1950s brought a transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental illnesses,
which led to an increase in the number of psychiatric clients receiving care in the community
rather than hospitals)