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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782876203321

Autore

Callaway Barbara J

Titolo

Hildegard Peplau [[electronic resource] ] : psychiatric nurse of the century / / Barbara J. Callaway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c2002

ISBN

0-8261-9765-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (483 p.)

Disciplina

610.73/68/092 B

616.890231

Soggetti

Psychiatric nurses - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-452) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Author's 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: "A Formidable Woman"; 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: "Psychiatric Nurse of the Century"; 16 Conclusion: "Well Done"

Selected Publications of Hildegard PeplauIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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 nurs