What would the nurse recognize as the impact that Florence Nightingale has had on the role of the nurse in psychiatric-mental health nursing?
1. Nightingale emphasized the cultural environment for healing.
2. Nightingale developed the idea of the therapeutic relationship.
3. Nightingale focused her ideas on nursing education rather than direct patient care.
4. Nightingale was among the first to note the influence of nurses has psychological components.
Answer: 4
Explanation: Nightingale was among the first to note that the influence of nurses on their patients goes beyond physical care and has psychological and social components; hence, the value of making her famous evening rounds to say goodnight. In addition to being the first to note the influence of nurses on psychological components, Nightingale emphasize the physical, not cultural, environment for healing. Nightingale focused her ideas on both direct patient care and nursing education. Hildegard Peplau is credited with theory related to the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.
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