Describe the phases of the Nurse-Patient relationship as defined by Peplau.
Part one: Peplau was the first nursing theorist to identify the nurse-patient relationship as central to all nursing care. Peplau valued knowledge, believing that the nurse must possess extensive knowledge about the potential problems that emerge during a nurse-patient interaction. Peplau’s theoretical work on the nurse-patient relationship continues to be essential to nursing practice. Describe […]