The future of the Theory of Interpersonal Relations? A personal reflection on Peplau's legacy |
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Authors: | BarkerPhD RN FRCN Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Practice |
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Institution: | Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, University of Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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Abstract: | The work of Hildegard Peplau represents the most significant influence, worldwide, on the development of psychiatric nursing practice. Her use of the Theory of Interpersonal Relations created the basis for defining the potential significance of the psychiatric nurse's role as a therapeutic agent. Forty years later she has indicated the means by which nurses might sharpen their focus on the person often overshadowed by the 'patient' label. Peplau's writings have, over this 40-year period, helped clarify the broad range of roles required of the nurse in general and in particular, within psychotherapeutic nursing. |
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Keywords: | interpersonal relations Peplau's theory psychiatric-mental health nursing |
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