Emergence of training programs for asylum nursing at the turn of the century.
The transition of psychiatric nursing's position during its development from custodial caretaking to a legitimate and unique segment within nursing reveals the interplay of influential social and professional forces. Current renegotiations of professional boundaries in the field of psychiatric care require a historical awareness of previous attempts in defining each discipline's scope of concern. Documentation provided by this article is a contribution to that endeavor.
D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States