Hildegarde E Peplau: Interpersonal Nursing Theory

Cheryl Forchuk provides an easily understood overview of Peplau′s Interpersonal Nursing Theory which identifies the therapeutic nurse-client relationship as the crux of nursing. The author shows how this theory enables nursing to move away from a ′doing to′ to a ′doing with′ relationship with patients and develop as a profession that promotes health in the individual. The book begins with a brief biography of Peplau, and continues with a succinct discussion of the theory.