PERSON

➢ individuals are spiritual beings

Imogene King: Conceptual System and Middle-
Range Theory of Goal Attainment
HEALTH
➢ dynamic life experiences of a human being,
which implies continuous adjustment to
stressors in the internal and external
environment through optimum use of one’s
resources to achieve maximum potential for
daily living
➢ the ability through their language and other
symbols to record their history and
preserve their culture
➢ are unique and holistic, of intrinsic worth,
and capable of rational thinking and
decision making in most situations
➢ differ in their needs, wants, and goals
HEALTH
➢ a dynamic state in the life cycle
➢ illness interferes with that process
➢ continuous adjustment to stress

NURSING ENVIRONMENT

➢ a process of action, reaction, and ➢ An understanding of the ways that human

interaction whereby nurse and client share beings interact with their environment to
information about their perceptions in the maintain health was essential for nurse.
nursing situation
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
SELF
➢ King’s Theory of Goal Attainment (1981)
➢ The self is a composite of thoughts and
➢ focuses on the interpersonal system and
feelings which constitute a person’s
the interactions that take place between
awareness of his [/her] individual existence,
individuals, specifically in the nurse-patient
his [/her] conception of who and what he
relationship
[/she] is.
TWO METHODS FOR DEVELOPING THEORY:
1. A theory can be developed and then tested
in research
2. Research provides data from which theory
may be developed
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS: NURSING
➢ Nursing is an observable behavior found in
the health care systems in society.
➢ The goal of nursing “is to help individuals
maintain their health so they can function
in their roles”.