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PMH-APRN Ans: 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
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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
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Medicaid
ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency Ans: 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? Ans: 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 Ans: 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? Ans: 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).
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Dr. Edward Cowles created in 1882 Ans: the first organized training
school within a hospital for the insane
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1913, Effie Jane Taylor developed Ans: 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: Ans:
"nursing in nervous and mental diseases" to curriculum guides
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: Ans:
standards of training for psychiatric nurses, which led to improved
education and standards of care.
National Mental Health Act (NMHA) of 1946 Ans: -psychiatric nursing
was recognized as one of the four core disciplines in psychiatric care
and treatment
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-The act increased funding for psychiatric nursing education programs
and contributed to a growth in university-based nursing education.
1954 Ans: -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
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health clinical nurse specialist (PMHCNS) role.
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 Ans: (1950s brought
a transition towards deinstitutionalization in care for those with mental
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illnesses, which led to an increase in the number of psychiatric clients
receiving care in the community rather than hospitals)
-The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 allowed for the
expansion of the PMHCNS role into community and ambulatory settings
as they helped those who had been deinstitutionalized adapt
1965 Ans: Loretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver MD introduce the nurse
practitioner role.
1973 ANA first published: Ans: Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health
Nursing Practice
1980s states began to grant: Ans: prescriptive authority to advanced
practice registered nurse (APRN), adding medication prescribing and
management to the traditional therapy role of the psychiatric mental
health (PMH) APRN.