Chapter 2: History Flashcards
Asylum care of people with mental illness in Canada began in which year?
a. 1620: No asylums had been established at this time; families and communities or religious orders were responsible for the care of people with mental illness.
b. 1932: This was the date of the “Weir Report.”
c. 1845: Beauport in Quebec was the first asylum in Canada.
d. 1798: Asylum care was not present at this time; an increased number of people with mental illnesses were being housed in prisons.
c. 1845: Beauport in Quebec was the first asylum in Canada.
The “Weir Report” was considered influential in which of the following areas?
a. Asylum reform was done by many social rights groups in the late 1800 and early 1900s.
b. The “Weir Report,” published in 1932, called for reform in nursing education curriculum.
c. Deinstitutionalization occurred in the 1960s and was related to changes in treatment and funding rather than to the “Weir Report.”
d. The registered psychiatric nurse designation was established in the four western provinces and was not related to the “Weir Report,” which called for the inclusion of mental health and generalist training for all registered nurses.
b. The “Weir Report,” published in 1932, called for reform in nursing education curriculum.
Psychiatric mental health nursing in the community setting was influenced by which of the following factors?
a. The “Weir Report” was influential in nursing education reform in the 1930s. At that time, psychiatric mental health nursing care was not performed in the community setting.
b. Deinstitutionalization led to an increased focus on care of people with mental illness in the community and to the creation of the role of the community mental health nurse.
c. The increased medicalization of psychiatry was an early influence in the creation of the psychiatric mental health nursing role in the asylum setting.
d. While many registered psychiatric nurses in the West did work in community settings, the RPN designation itself did not influence the creation of the community mental health nursing role.
b. Deinstitutionalization led to an increased focus on care of people with mental illness in the community and to the creation of the role of the community mental health nurse.
