1. Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing, 3rd ed.
CHAPTER 1
THE HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

2. Trailblazers Florence Nightingale – “founder of nursing”
Dorothea Dix – schoolteacher, not a nurse! suggested government assist patients
Linda Richards – first American-trained nurse; opened Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses

4. Trailblazers
Harriet Bailey – wrote first textbook on psychiatric nursing
Effie Jane Taylor – initiated first psychiatric program of study for nurses
Mary Mahoney – considered to be America’s first African American professional nurse

5. Trailblazers
Hilegard Peplau – interpersonal relations in nursing, therapeutic relationships
Hattie Bessent – developed and directed program for advancement of minority nurses into Masters and PhD levels of practice

6. The Facilities
Asylums
Hospitals
Free-standing facilities

7. The Breakthroughs Psychotropic medications (mid-1950s)
Deinstitutionalization (a result of psychotropic medications)
Nursing organizations and recommendations
ANA
NLN
Nurse Practice Act

8. The Laws National Mental Health Act of 1946
The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 – President Kennedy
The Patient Bill of Rights – 1980
OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) – 1981