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The concept of interpersonal pattern in Peplau's Theory of Nursing
Author(s) -
Linda S. Beeber,
Meg Bourbonniere
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1998.00124.x
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , intervention (counseling) , nursing , interpersonal relationship , psychology , function (biology) , nursing theory , nursing practice , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , medline , evolutionary biology , political science , law , biology
Interpersonal pattern, defined as the category in which separate interpersonal acts are linked by similar, defining characteristics, is a critical, data‐rich concept that is used in the therapeutic nurse‐client relationship. If this concept is studied within the framework of aesthetic knowing in nursing, the processes of deliberate involvement that form the crux of the nurse‐client relationship become illuminated. An illustrative case study brings this concept to life by demonstrating the use of interpersonal pattern as the focus of intervention with a frail, elderly woman. In this case study, the nurse practices aesthetic knowing to assess and respond to the woman, and ultimately assist in her forward movement towards optimum function and health. Linkages of this type of intervention to all of nursing practice are made by integrating the use of interpersonal pattern with aesthetic knowing in nursing.