Life and Works of
Life and Works of
Life and Works of
o Life of Peplau
o Works and Achievements
o Writings and Publications
o Metaparadigm
•Birthday
• September 1, 1909
•Birthplace
• Reading, Pennsylvania
•Academic Background
• Pottstown, Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 1931
• Bachelor’s Degree in Interpersonal Psychology,
Bennington College in Vermont, 1943
• Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Teachers College,
Columbia University in 1947
Works and Achievements
• Staff Nurse
• Pennsylvania and New York City, 1930s
• School Nurse
• Bennington College in Vermont, 1930s
• Army Nurse Corps (WWII)
• 312th Field Station Hospital, 1943-1945
• Executive Director and President
• American Nurses Association (ANA)
• Advisor
• World Health Organization (WHO)
•Nursing Teacher
• Teacher’s College, early 1950s
• Graduate Psychiatric Nursing Students
• Rutgers University, 1594-1974
• Faculty of the College of Nursing
• “Professor Emerita”
•Credentialing
•First graduate program for
clinical specialists
•National Mental Health Act
of 1946
Writings and Publications
•Interpersonal Relations in
Nursing, 1952
•Nurse-Patient relationship
•First nursing theory textbook since
Nightingale’s in the 1850s
The Interpersonal Relations
Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
• Psychobiological experiences of the patient
• Six Roles of a Nurse
• Four Phases of the nurse-patient relationship
• Changing Aspects of Nurse-Patient Relationships
• Influences
• Publication in Modern Writings
Interpersonal Relations in Nursing