Every nurse can benefit from reading this. It can teach us all a great deal about our relationships with other people and with ourselves. Buy it.' - Philip Burnard, Nursing Times
DR HILDEGARD E. PEPLAU, an internationally know pioneer in the application of theories of interpersonal relations in nursing, is Professor Emerita at Rutgers University. She is a Past President of the American Nurses' Association, has been Third Vice Present of the International Council of Nurses, and a professional nurse for over half a century.
Innehållsförteckning
Part 1 Phases and roles in nursing situations: a definition of nursing; phases of nurse-patient relationships; roles in nursing. Part 2 Influences in nursing situations: human needs; interferences to achievement of goals; opposing goals; unexplained discomfort. Part 3 Psychological tasks: learning to count on others; learning to delay satisfaction; identifying oneself; developing skills in participation. Part 4 Methods for studying nursing as an interpersonal process: observation, communication and recording.