Peplau’s theory is abstract with a one-dimensional
concept, unlike some other nursing theories. The dimension
of nursing here is achieved through the nurse-patient relationship.
The theorist emphasized that the terms relations
and relationships should not be used as one in the same.
This implies that the study of what goes on between two
people or their relations can be quite elusive. The nursepatient
relationship can be expressed as a process with overlapping
phases. The three identifiable phases in this process
are: a) the orientation phase, b) the working phase, and c)
the termination phase