And if one can work through and delineate the antecedents and the if the group can see behavior as change-worthy, the process of effecting change can then be determined. She saw that the most consistent hope for progress, despite the most troubled situation, is the truly intellectual person who is educated lifelong and constantly involved in the problems and growth of the field. Hildegard Peplaus, first of all, that person and that is how she tried to shape the young ones entering her field. She did not share the aspirations of the fortunate who filled the ranks of the profession in her time. She, instead, saw that nursing and the medical professions as sharing common goals and services, but each with a different and separate health mission in addressing and meeting the health needs of the people. She never felt uncertainty in identifying with her profession and in her sturdy efforts to push its growth to the best levels and potentials throughout her career (Lego). Barbara Callaway wrote about Hildegard Peplau whom he called the mother of psychiatric nursing (Holden 1999). Hildegard was a controversial figure...

She was both exalted and vilified in her 50-year career, but she nevertheless, has left an indelible impress on the profession she loved and served to her very best and to the end. This devotion and her excellence earned her the distinction as the Psychiatric Nurse of the Century (Holden).
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