text: what is interpersonal nursing theory? discuss the theory in a detailed manner a nursing theory by peplau (1952) which says that people develop through interpersonal relationships, including the nurse-patient relationship, and that this relationship has a therapeutic value apart from any nursing or medical treatment being undertaken.    a pretty good detailed outline comes from: http://members.tripod.com/~psychnursing/peplauneuman.html although there are other papers which may make it clearer for you.  try using google scholar for questions like this - it searches academic papers using the google search format which a lot of people are familiar with.  some papers are available online, some you may have to get in hard copy from an academic library.  one more thing: is this for a nursing school essay?  i wouldn't copy the answers you get too closely if i were you.  you probably realise that most lecturers are cluey enough to do a google search of sections of an essay to be sure you're not plagiarising if they think your answer sounds too 'professional'...