Introduction

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” () Nurses play an important role in patient caring, not only physically but also mentally and spiritually. The knowledge of the nurse and different types of skills, such as communication skills, leadership skills, etc. also affect the quality of patient caring. “As the largest group of health care professionals, nurses contribute in positive and negative ways to the health care quality problem.” () Therefore, it is important for a nurse to learn about nursing theories in order to help them to take care of their patients. Nursing theories provide a framework for nurses to address different health care problems of their patients, especially for nurses who are lacking nursing experience. Nurses can modify from different models and develop their own philosophy when they have more experience. Different nursing theories have different strength and limitations. Here is a brief discussion of Hildegard E Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations.

Description of Hildegard E Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations

There are four major assumptions in Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations. The nurse and the patient interacts and the nurse make a difference in providing nursing care to the patient while the patient is receiving nursing care. Nursing and nursing education helps in the development of personal maturity. The interaction between