IMOGENE KING

“THEORY OF GOAL ATTAINMENT “

Who is Imogene King?
 BORN: January 30, 1923 in West Point, lowa.
DIED: December 24, 2007
 1945:
Nursing Diploma from St. John’s Hospital
School, Missouri
 1948: BSN from St. Louis University
 1957: MSN from St. Louis University
 1961:EdD from Teachers College, Columbia
Universtiy, New York.
Imogene King has presented an open system
framework from which she derived a theory
of goal attainment. The framework consists
of 3 systems:
 PERSONAL : refers to the individual

 INTERPERSONAL : involve individuals interacting with one another.

 SOCIAL : groups of people within a community or society that

share common goals, interests, and values.
1971-1981: Student, Academic
Colleagues, nurse researches, and
clinicians. THINKING.

1881: General System Theory (Von

Bertalanffy) CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

1988: Kaufman, Orlando and Peplau

(THINKING)
MAJOR CONCEPTS OF THEORY

THIS THEORY IS BASED ON A

PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN BEINGS AND
OPEN SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK
 INTERACTION
 PERCEPTION
 COMMUNICATION
 TRANSACTION
 ROLE
 STRESS
 GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
 SPACE AND TIME
THEORY OF GOAL ATTAINMENT

 Elements are seen in the interpersonal systems in which

two people, who are usually strangers, come together in
a health care organization to help and be helped to
maintain a state of health that permits functioning of
roles.
 Reflect King`s belief that the practice of nursing is differentiated
from the other healthcare professions by what nurses do with and
for individuals.
 Nurse and client communicate information, set goal mutually and
then act to attain those goals.
Metaparadigm in Nursing
PERSON ENVIRONMENT HEALTH NURSING
Described a person Defined as the It is a dynamic state Is a process of
existing in an open process of balance in the life cycle; action, reaction,
system as a spiritual involving internal illness interferences and interaction
being and rational and external with that process. whereby nurse and
thinker who makes interactions inside client share
choices, selects the social system. Health implies information about
alternative courses continuous their perceptions in
of action, and has It has a direct adjustment to stress the nursing situation.
the ability to record exchange of in the internal and
their history through information external The nurse and client
their own language between the environment share specific goals,
and symbols, internal and through optimum problems, and
unique, holistic and external. use of one`s concerns and
have different resources to explore means to
needs, wants and achieve maximum achieve a goal.
goals. potential for daily
living.
Thank you!
Angela Grace Luz
Cyrill Lorcha
Mauriz Jean Medialdia