Author Question: Several nurses are discussing the medicalization of mental health treatment. Which historical figure ... (Read 59 times)

bcretired · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Several nurses are discussing the medicalization of mental health treatment. Which historical figure do they identify as claiming that the physician should be the ultimate authority over moral as well as medical therapy,

and that no one should be exempt from the physician's decision?
1. Tuke
2. Stokes
3. de Paul
4. Esquirol

Question 2

Which nursing diagnosis does the nurse recognize as the most consistent with the focus of psychiatric nursing care during the 19th century?

1. Anxiety
2. Self-care deficit
3. Altered thought processes
4. Ineffective individual coping

lauravaras · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 4
Explanation: Jean-tienne Esquirol, who created one of the most successful private asylums in Paris, believed that physicians should be the undisputed authority in all forms of mental health treatment. Stokes believed that the care of the insane necessitated a consulting rather than a resident physician. Tuke was one of the leaders of the York retreat, which was under the control of lay therapists rather than physicians. Vincent de Paul helped establish a nursing ministry for the insane.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: During the 19th century, psychiatric nurses attended mainly to the physical needs of patients and did not pursue systematic interpersonal work with them. Psychiatric nursing practice was primarily custodial. Nursing care that systematically addresses anxiety, coping, and altered-thought processes did not come about until the mid-20th century.