Hildegard Elizabeth Peplau Flashcards
What is the theory of Hildegard E. Peplau
Theory of Interpersonal Relations
She is the “Mother of Psychiatric Nursing” and the “Nurse of the Century”
Hildegard E. Peplau
What influenced Peplau in her understanding of the impact of illness?
Flu Epidemic
She became the first published nursing theorist since Florence Nightingale.
Hildegard E. Peplau
What year was the “Interpersonal Relations Theory” published?
In 1952
According to Sullivan, nursing is therapeutic because it is a healing art. True or False?
False. Hildegard Peplau stated this.
How and when did Hildegard Peplau died?
She died in her sleep on May 17, 1999
How did Peplau defined Man?
A man is an organism that strives its own way to reduce tension generated by needs.
According to Hildegard Peplau, it is a word symbol that implies forward movement of personality.
Health
How did Hildegard Peplau defined Society or Environment?
She does not directly address society/environment, she does encourage the nurse to consider the patient’s culture and mores.
Hildegard Peplau defines it as a human relationship between an individual who is sick and a nurse educated to respond to the need for help.
Nursing
According to Hildegard Peplau, what skills are the fundamental nursing tools?
Communication and Interviewing skills
Hildegard Peplau believed that nurse and patient can what?
They can interact
(Complete the statement) Hildegard Peplau emphasized that both the patient and nurse…
mature as the result of therapeutic interaction
Where was Hildegard Peplau raised?
Reading, Pennsylvania
A theorist who was illiterate.
Hildegard Peplau
She is the only one to serve the American Nurses Association (ANA)
Hildegard Elizabeth Peplau or Hildegard Peplau
(True or False) The Interpersonal Relations Theory explains the purpose of nursing is to help others identify their felt difficulties and that nurses should apple principles of human relations to the problems that arise at all level of experience.
True
(Complete the statement) According to the assumptions of Hildegard Peplau, she believed that nurses must…
clearly understand themselves to promote their client’s growth and to avoid limiting the client’s choices.
According to Peplau, this phase defines the problem.
Orientation Phase
According to Peplau, this phase identifies the type of service needed by the patient.
Orientation Phase
According to Peplau, this phase includes selection of the appropriate assistance.
Identification Phase
According to Peplau, this phase is where the patient seeks assistance. He or she tells the nurse what he or she needs, asks questions, and shares expectations.
Orientation Phase
According to Peplau, this phase is the nurse’s assessment of the patient’s health and situation.
Orientation Phase
According to Peplau, in this phase the patient begins to feel as if he/she belongs.
Identification Phase
According to Peplau, this phase is the development of a nursing care plan.
Identification Phase
According to Peplau, this phase decreases the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness.
Identification Phase
According to Peplau, this phase uses professional assistance for problem-solving alternatives.
Exploitation Phase
According to Peplau, in this phase the patient feels like an integral part of the helping environment.
Exploitation Phase
This phase is the implementation of the nursing plan.
Exploitation Phase
This phase is the development of the Nursing Care Plan.
Identification Phase
This is the final Phase
Resolution Phase
This phase is the termination of the professional relationship.
Resolution Phase
According to Peplau, this phase is when the patient drifts away from the nurse.
Resolution Phase
This phase is the evaluation of the nursing process.
Resolution Phase
What is the goal of Psychodynamic nursing?
To help understand one’s own behavior
The nurse is a ______ , because the nurse receives the patient in the same way the patient meets a stranger.
Stranger
Although a stranger, the nurse should create an environment that ________ _______.
builds trust
The nurse is a ______ , because he/she imparts knowledge in reference to the needs of the patient.
Teacher
The nurse is a ______ _______, because he or she provides specific information needed by the patient to help the patient understand a problem or situation.
Resource Person
The nurse is a ______ , because he or she helps the patient understand and integrate the meaning of current life situations, as well as provide guidance and encouragement in order to make changes
Counselor
The nurse is a _______, because he or she helps the patient take on maximum responsibility for meeting his or her treatment goals.
Leader
The nurse is a ______, because he or she helps the patient clarify the domains of dependence, interdependence, and independence, and acts as an advocate for the patient.
Surrogate
defined as the initial response to a psychic threat.
Anxiety
It is level of anxiety is which a patient has a positive state of heightened awareness and sharpened senses, allowing the person to learn new behaviors and solve problems.
Mild Anxiety
This level of anxiety involves a decreased perceptual field (focus on immediate task only); the person can learn a new behavior or solve problems only with assistance.
Moderate Anxiety
This level of anxiety involves feelings of dread and terror. The person cannot be redirected to a task; he or she focuses only on scattered details.
Severe Anxiety
The level of anxiety has physiologic symptoms of tachycardia, diaphoresis, and chest pain.
Severe Anxiety
This level of anxiety involve loss of rational thought, delusions, hallucinations, and complete physical immobility and muteness.
Panic Anxiety
This level of anxiety is when a person may bolt and run aimlessly, often exposing himself or herself to injury.
Panic Anxiety
When was Hildegard Peplau born?
September 1, 1909
