HILDEGARD PEPLAU Flashcards
HILDEGARD PEPLAU THEORY
Interpersonal Relations Theory
Mother of Psychiatric Nursing
Hildegard Peplau
- Emphasized the nurse - patient relationship as the foundation of nursing practice.
- Emphasized the need for a partnership between nurse and client vs client passively receiving treatment
Interpersonal Relations Theory
- The client begins to identify problems
- Goal: Help patient recognize his / her role and
promote responsibility for self
Identification Phase
PHASES OF NURSE - PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
Orientation Phase
Identification Phase
Exploitation Phase
Resolution Phase
- Get acquainted phase
- Pre conceptions
- Parameters are established and met, Early levels of trust developed
- Roles begin to understood.
Orientation Phase
- Client’s trust reached full potential.
- Client making full use of nursing services
- Solving immediate problem
Exploitation Phase
- Client needs met
- Mutual termination of relationship
- Sense of security is formed
- Patient less reliant on nurse
- Increased self-reliance to deal with own problems
Resolution Phase
NURSING ROLES
Stranger Role
Resource Role
Teaching Role
Counseling Role
Surrogate Role
Active Leadership Role
Technical Expert Role
Receives the client same way one meets a
stranger. Provides an accepting climate that
builds trust.
Stranger Role
Answers questions, interpret clinical data
Resource Role
Gives instructions and training. Involves
analysis of the learner’s experience.
Teaching Role
Help client understand the meaning of current life circumstances.
Counseling Role
Acts as patient advocate
Surrogate Role
Help client assume maximum responsibility for meeting treatment goal
Active Leadership Role
