Peplau, Hildegard E.

Hildegard Elizabeth Peplau (1909-1999), educator and psychiatric nurse, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Polish and Russian immigrants Gustav and Ottylie Peplau. Educated at local schools, she received a diploma in nursing from Pottstown Hospital Training School in Pennsylvania, in 1931; an A.B. from Bennington College (1943); an A.M. (1947) and Ed. D (1953) both from Teachers College, Columbia University; and a certificate in Psychoanalysis Applied for Teachers from William Alanson White Institute (1954). Peplau served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (1943-1945), and was a faculty member at the College of Nursing at Rutgers University (1954-1974), becoming chair of the Department of Psychiatric Nursing and director of the graduate program in 1955, and Professor in Nursing in 1960. An advocate of professionalization and graduate training for nurses, Peplau was active in the leadership of many nursing and health associations.

From the description of Audiotape collection of Hildegard E. Peplau [sound recording]. 1984-1998. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 503100883

From the description of Additional papers of Hildegard E. Peplau 1922-2007 (inclusive), 1980-1998 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 496568977

Psychiatric nurse, educator and author, Peplau received a diploma in nursing from Pottstown, PA, in 1931; an A.B. from Bennington College, 1943; an A.M. in 1947 and an Ed.D. in 1953 from Teachers' College, Columbia University; and a certificate in Psychoanalysis Applied for Teachers from the William Alanson White Institute in 1954. She served in the U.S. Army Nurses Corps (1943-1945), and was a faculty member of the College of Nursing at Rutgers University (1954-1974), becoming chair of the Dept. of Psychiatric Nursing and director of the Graduate Program in 1955, and Professor in Nursing in 1960. An advocate of professionalization, and graduate training for nurses, and of the need for nurses to exercise therapeutic skills, Peplau was active in the leadership of many nursing and mental health associations.

From the description of Papers, 1923-1984 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006793