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Interpersonal relations model
 

Hildegard Peplau
PhD, RN, FAAN
1909 - 1999

 


Peplau's seminal book, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, was completed in 1948, but not published for four years because it was then considered too revolutionary for a nurse to publish a book without a physician co-author. Since the publication of Peplau's work, interpersonal process has been integrated into nursing education and practices worldwide.

(Extract from: Nursing World http://www.nursingworld.org/tan/99mayjun/peplau.htm)

 

She described four phases of this relationship: orientation, in which the person and the nurse mutually identify the person's problem; identification, in which the person identifies with the nurse, thereby accepting help; exploitation, in which the person makes use of the nurse's help; and resolution, in which the person accepts new goals and frees herself or himself from the relationship.

 (Extract from: NurseScribe Hildegard Peplau Summary by Becky Sisk, PhD, RN)

 

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Selected Publications:
  • Peplau, H. E. (1952). Interpersonal relations in nursing. New York: G. P. Putman. [Reprinted 1991. New York: Springer.]

  • Peplau, H. E. (1954). Utilizing themes in nursing situations. American Journal of Nursing, 54(3), 325-328.

  • Peplau, H. E. (1960). Talking with patients. American Journal of Nursing,60(7), 964-966.

  • Peplau, H. E. (1962). Interpersonal techniques: The crux of psychiatric nursing. American Journal of Nursing, 62, 50-54.

  • Thompson, L. (1986). Peplau’s theory: An application to short-term individual therapy. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 2 (8), 26-31.

  • Forchuk, C, Beaton, S., Crawford, L, Ide, L., Voorberg, N., & Bethune, J. (1989). Incorporating Peplau’s theory and case management. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 27(2), 35-38.

  • Peplau, H. E. (1992). Interpersonal relations: A theoretical framework for application in nursing practice. Nursing Science Quarterly, 5, 13-18.

  • Peplau, H. E. (1993). Nursing pioneers: The Peplau legacy (Interview by Phil Barker). Nursing Times, 89(11), 48-51.

  • Forchuk, C. (1995). Hildegard E. Peplau: Interpersonal nursing theory. In C. M. McQuiston & A. A. Webb (Eds.), Foundations of nursing theory: Contributions of 12 key theorists (pp. 457-514). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

  • Reed, P. G. (1996). Peplau’s interpersonal relations model. In J. J. Fitzpatrick & A. L. Whall (Eds.), Conceptual models of nursing: Analysis and application (3rd ed., pp. 55-76). Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange.

   

 

 

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