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Hildegard E. Peplau   Interpersonal
Relations Theory

 Pioneered the Theory of
Interpersonal Relations
 Peplau’s theory defined
Nursing as “An interpersonal
process of therapeutic
interactions between an
individual who is sick or in
need of health services and a
nurse specially educated to
recognize, respond to the
need for help.”
 Her work is influenced by
Henry Stack Sullivan, Percival
Symonds, Abraham Maslow,
and Neal Elgar Miller.
 It helps nurses and healthcare
providers develop more
therapeutic interventions in
the clinical setting.