title: A modern history of psychiatric-mental health nursing.
abstract: This paper discusses the progression of developments in psychiatric-mental health nursing from the 1960s to the present. The 1960s were a time of shortage of psychiatric APRNs, with legislation expanding the availability of mental health services. We find ourselves in a similar time with 7 million new health insurance enrollees, because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The expansion of health insurance coverage comes at a time when some colleges of nursing are closing master's programs in psychiatric-mental health, in lieu of the DNP mandate from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Is history repeating itself?
authors: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Electronic address: Hein@sc.edu.
authors: Laura C
authors: LC
authors: Hein
authors: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
authors: Kathleen M
authors: KM
authors: Scharer
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000266:history; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States