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    Hildegard E. Peplau The Life and Works: "Psychiatric Nurse of The Century"

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    Hildegard Peplau was a pioneering American nurse known as the "Psychiatric nurse of the century." She was born in 1909 in Pennsylvania to German immigrant parents. Peplau became interested in nursing after witnessing the 1918 flu epidemic and wanted a career that helped others. She earned degrees including a PhD in nursing and was the first nursing theorist published since Florence Nightingale. Peplau created the influential theory of interpersonal relations in nursing, emphasizing partnership between nurse and patient. Over her career, she held leadership roles, published influential works, and helped establish graduate nursing education and research.

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    Hildegard Peplau was a pioneering American nurse known as the "Psychiatric nurse of the century." She was born in 1909 in Pennsylvania to German immigrant parents. Peplau became interested in nursing after witnessing the 1918 flu epidemic and wanted a career that helped others. She earned degrees including a PhD in nursing and was the first nursing theorist published since Florence Nightingale. Peplau created the influential theory of interpersonal relations in nursing, emphasizing partnership between nurse and patient. Over her career, she held leadership roles, published influential works, and helped establish graduate nursing education and research.

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    Hildegard Peplau was a pioneering American nurse known as the "Psychiatric nurse of the century." She was born in 1909 in Pennsylvania to German immigrant parents. Peplau became interested in nursing after witnessing the 1918 flu epidemic and wanted a career that helped others. She earned degrees including a PhD in nursing and was the first nursing theorist published since Florence Nightingale. Peplau created the influential theory of interpersonal relations in nursing, emphasizing partnership between nurse and patient. Over her career, she held leadership roles, published influential works, and helped establish graduate nursing education and research.

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    HILDEGARD E.

    PEPLAU
    The Life and Works
    “Psychiatric nurse of the century”
    Who was Hildegard Peplau?
    EARLY LIFE:

    NAME: Hildegard Elizabeth Peplau


    Birthday: September 1, 1909
    Birthplace: Reading Pennsylvania
    Parents: Immigrants of German descent
    Father: Gustav Peplau
    Mother: Otyllie Peplau
    Birthorder: She was the 2nd daughter born of six
    children
    CHARACTERISTICS:

    Has a vision to grow beyond traditional women’s roles

    Wanted more out of Life

    Strong Motivation

    Strong-willed
    Why Nursing?
    Nursing was one of few career choices of women in her

    day. As a child, she witnessed the devastating flu

    epidemic of 1918, a personal experience that greatly

    influenced her understanding of the impact of illness

    and death on families.


    1931 - Diploma program in
    Pottstown, Pennsylvania
    T 1943 - BA in interpersonal psychology-
    I Bennington College.
    M
    CAR E ER 1947 - MA in psychiatric nursing from Colombia
    L University, New York
    I 1952 - Published Interpersonal Relations in
    N
    Nursing
    E
    1953 – EdD in curriculum development in 1953
    1968 – Interpersonal techniques – the crux of
    psychiatric Nursing
    AFFILIATIONS and ACHIEVEMENTS

     Worked as Executive directors for ANA

     President of ANA from 1970-1972

     Vice-President of ANA from 1972-1974

     Worked with W.H.O, HIMH,and Nurse corps

     She was the first published nursing theoriet since Florence Nightangle

     Created the middle-range nursing theory of interpersonal relations, which related to revolutionize the scholarly

    work of nurses
    • Certified in Phychoanalysis at the Willian Alanson White Institute of New
    York City
    • Faculty of the College of Nursing at Rutgers University
    • Created first Graduate level Program for the preparation of clinical
    specialists in Psychiatric Nursing.
    • Therapeutic Care vs Custodial care in mental hospitals
    • Strong advocate for Graduate education and research in Nursing
    • She is the primary contributor to mental health law reform, leading the
    towards humane treatment of patients with behavior and personality
    disorder
    What is Interpersonal Relations Theory?

    Interpersonal Relations Theory emphasizes the need


    for a partnership between nurse and client as
    opposed to the client passively receiving
    treatment(and Nurse passively acting out doctor’s
    order.
    METAPARADIGM
    PERSON:
    • An Individual
    • A developing organisms that tries to reduce anxiety
    caused by needs
    • Lives in stable equilibrium

    ENVIRONMENT:
    • Existing forces outside the organism and in the context of
    culture
    HEALTH:
    • A word symbol that implies forward movement of personality and other ongoing
    human processes in the direction of creative, constructive, productive, personal
    and community living

    NURSING:
    • A significant therapeutic interpersonal process.
    • It Functions cooperatively with other human process that makes health possible
    for individuals in communities.
    • Involves problem-solving

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