PEPLAU’S THEORY OF

INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONS
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 Hildegard Peplau
Mother of Nursing

She was born on September 01, 1909 in

Kending, Pennsylvania to immigrant parents of
German decents.

Also known as a psychiatric nurse, expert,

educator, author and lastly nursing leader and
theorist.
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 Hildegard Peplau
Peplau published her Theory of
Interpersonal Relations in 1952, and in
1968, interpersonal techniques became
the crux of psychiatric nursing.
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 The four metaparadigm are: person, environment,
health and nursing
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Person Environment

Which is a developing organism Which consists of existing forces

that tries to reduce anxiety caused outside of the person, and put in
by needs; the context of culture;

Health Nursing

Which is a word symbol that Nursing is an academic discipline

implies forward movement of and a practice profession.
personality and other human
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processes.
 Peplau’s Nurse-Patient Relationship
Process

Orientation phase
Working phase
Exploitation phase
Termination phase.
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Nurse-Patient Relationship Process

Orientation Exploitation

The nurse collects data and In the exploitation phase, the client
evaluates patient's needs, desires, makes full use of the services
potential to reach personal and offered.
nursing goals.

Working
Termination
The patient begins to feel as if
he or she belongs, and feels
The nurse and patient separate as
capable of dealing with the
the nurse finalizes discharge plan
problem which decreases the
and helps patient transition to next
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feeling of helplessness and

phase of ideally independence.
hopelessness.
 Six Helping Roles of
the Nurse Providing Care

Stranger
Resource
Teacher
Leader
Surrogate
Counselor
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Six Helping Roles of
the Nurse Providing Care
Stranger
Nurse and patient meet for the first
time. Success in this role is the
foundation for development of a
therapeutic relationship and
necessary for establishment of other
roles.
Leader
Nurse collaborates with patient to
work towards treatment goals. Nurse
encourages patient to actively
participate in their own health
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maintence by providing guidance,
direction and support.
Resource Person
Using expert professional
knowledge and critical thinking
skills, the nurse provides factual
health information and evaluates
plan of care.
Surrogate
In this role, the nurse takes the place
of close family relative or friend that
the patient identifies with.
Teacher
The nurse provides education to
patient in a formal way such as
providing detailed instructions to a
patient or informally by self
modeling patterns of health and
wellness.
Councelor
In this role, the nurse seeks to have
the patient explore their current
situation or problem and their
feelings surrounding it.
 Arlene Aniñon
BSN 1C

Reporter
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