As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatric-mental health nurse plans to describe how this specialty developed. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing a major role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?

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Hildegard E. Peplau developed the first graduate program in psychiatric nursing, identifying it as a specialty. Mary Adelaide Nutting emphasized nursing role development. Harriet Bailey wrote the first psychiatric nursing textbook. Linda Richards was the first trained nurse in the United States and opened the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility.

As Part of a Career Day Presentation to a Group