Hildegard Peplau was an influential American psychiatric nurse known as the "Psychiatric Nurse of the Century." She developed the theory of interpersonal relations in nursing. Peplau received her nursing degree in 1931 and went on to earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. She served as a staff and school nurse, Army nurse during WWII, and held leadership roles with the American Nurses Association and WHO. Peplau taught nursing and published her seminal work "Interpersonal Relations in Nursing" in 1952, which outlined her theory of the nurse-patient relationship through six nursing roles and four phases. Peplau's theory became fundamental to psychiatric nursing and emphasized meeting patients' psychosocial needs through effective
Hildegard Peplau was an influential American psychiatric nurse known as the "Psychiatric Nurse of the Century." She developed the theory of interpersonal relations in nursing. Peplau received her nursing degree in 1931 and went on to earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. She served as a staff and school nurse, Army nurse during WWII, and held leadership roles with the American Nurses Association and WHO. Peplau taught nursing and published her seminal work "Interpersonal Relations in Nursing" in 1952, which outlined her theory of the nurse-patient relationship through six nursing roles and four phases. Peplau's theory became fundamental to psychiatric nursing and emphasized meeting patients' psychosocial needs through effective
Hildegard Peplau was an influential American psychiatric nurse known as the "Psychiatric Nurse of the Century." She developed the theory of interpersonal relations in nursing. Peplau received her nursing degree in 1931 and went on to earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. She served as a staff and school nurse, Army nurse during WWII, and held leadership roles with the American Nurses Association and WHO. Peplau taught nursing and published her seminal work "Interpersonal Relations in Nursing" in 1952, which outlined her theory of the nurse-patient relationship through six nursing roles and four phases. Peplau's theory became fundamental to psychiatric nursing and emphasized meeting patients' psychosocial needs through effective
Hildegard Peplau was an influential American psychiatric nurse known as the "Psychiatric Nurse of the Century." She developed the theory of interpersonal relations in nursing. Peplau received her nursing degree in 1931 and went on to earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. She served as a staff and school nurse, Army nurse during WWII, and held leadership roles with the American Nurses Association and WHO. Peplau taught nursing and published her seminal work "Interpersonal Relations in Nursing" in 1952, which outlined her theory of the nurse-patient relationship through six nursing roles and four phases. Peplau's theory became fundamental to psychiatric nursing and emphasized meeting patients' psychosocial needs through effective
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
• Psychobiological experiences of the patient
• Needs • Frustrations • Conflicts • Anxieties Interpersonal Relations in Nursing • Six Nursing Roles •Stranger •Resource person •Teacher •Leader •Surrogate •Counselor Interpersonal Relations in Nursing • Four Phases of the nurse-patient relationship Interpersonal Relations in Nursing • Changing Aspects of Nurse-Patient Relationships Interpersonal Relations in Nursing • Influences of the Publication • Henry Stack Sullivan • Percival Symonds • Abraham Maslow • Neal Elger Miller • Contemporaneous Psychoanalytical Model Interpersonal Relations in Nursing • Peplau’s works in Modern Publications • The research on the effect of communication on nurse-patient relationships (Arungwa, 2014) • Observing and Analyzing empathy in Brazilian Nursing Professionals (Trevizan et al., 2015) • Assisting Nursing Students to understand Holistic Communication Skills during their encounters with older adults (Deane & Fain, 2016) Peplau’s Theory •Published in 1952 •Became the crux of Psychiatric Nursing •Middle-range descriptive classification theory Metaparadigms of the Theory • Person • developing organism that tries to reduce anxiety caused by needs • Environment • consists of existing forces outside of the person • Health • implies forward movement of personality and other human processes Metaparadigms of the Theory •Nursing • Six Roles of a Nurse • Four Phases of the nurse-patient relationship • Changing Aspects of Nurse-Patient Relationships • Influences “Linking nurses and their information and knowledge across borders – around the world – will surely advance the profession of nursing much more rapidly in the next century” -Hildegard Peplau Life and Works of
