Hildegard Peplau: Psychiatric Nurse of the Century

by Barbara J. Callaway PhD

Overview

Hildegard Peplau's 50-year career in nursing left an indelible stamp on the profession of nursing, and on the lives of the mentally ill in this country. She wore many hats -- founder of modern psychiatric nursing, innovative educator, advocate for the mentally ill, proponent of advanced education for nurses, Executive Director and then President of the American Nurses Association, and prolific author. She raised her daughter as a single parent while pursuing an ambitious professional path. Her determined manner often aroused controversy which never deterred her commitment to advancing the nursing profession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826197658
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/18/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	488
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Barbara Callaway, PhD, is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Authorís Note
Introduction: A Life of Significance

1. An American Childhood
2. Becoming a Nurse
3. A Nurse Goes to College
4. World War II: Coming Into Her Own
5. Transitions
6. Graduate Studies and Motherhood Too
7. Teachers College: Beginning a Career
8. Academic Nightmare: A Career in Crisis
9. Rutgers: ìA Formidable Womanî
10. Summers on the Road
11. Rutgers: The Traveling Years
12. Vision of a Profession
13. ANA: The Professional Challenge
14. ANA: The Professional Nightmare
15. Retirement: ìPsychiatric Nurse of the Centuryî
16. Conclusion: ìWell Doneî

Selected Publications of Hildegard Peplau
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"...this rich portrayal of the complexities of her life...will be of interest to students of women’s history, to students of the history of nursing, and indeed to all women who have struggled in American society to meet the challenges posed by inherently sexist norms."
—from the foreword by Grayce M. Sills, PhD, RN, FAAN

"It is a rare treat...a wonderfully human story about a towering figure of mid-twentieth century nursing."
—Patricia D’Antonio, RN, PhD, Editor, Nursing History Review