GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF NURSING,JODHPUR

PRESENTATION ON -KING’S THEORY

SUBMITTED TO = SUBMITTED BY =
Mrs. ANNAMMA SUMON RAHUL JOSHI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR M.sc.NURSING BATCH-2023

G.C.O.N, JODHPUR G.C.O.N, JODHPUR

 INTRODUCTION
• Imogene King was born on Jan. 30 1923 in
west point, Lowa.
• She completed her basic nursing education in
1945 she received her diploma in nursing from
St. John‘s hospital school of nursing, St Louis.

• In 1948, she received her B.Sc in nursing

education from St. Louis university.
• In 1957, her M.Sc. in nursing from St. Louis
University.
• In 1961 she was awarded a doctorate in
education from teachers college, Colombia
University, New York City.
• She held various positions in nursing
education, administration and practice.
• Her death occurred on 24 dec. 2007.
• She from 1947 to 1958 worked as an instructor
on medical surgical nursing and was an
assistant director at St. john’s hospital school
of nursing.
• Her first theory article appeared in 1964in the
journal, nursing science, which nurse theorist
Martha rogers’edited.
 BASIC ASSUMPTION :
1. The assumptions that human beings are open
system in constant interaction with their
environment.
2. That nursing focus is human being interacting with
their environment.
3. Nursing goals is to help individuals and groups to
maintain health.
4. basic assumption of goal attainment theory is that
nurse and client communicate information set goal
mutually and then act to attain.
 PROPOSITIONS OF KING’STHEORY

1. If perceptual interaction accuracy is present in

nurse client interactions, transaction will
occur.
2. If nurse and client make transaction, goal will
be attained.
3. If goal are attained, satisfaction will occur.
4. If transactions are made in nurse-client
interactions, growth & development will be
enhanced’
5. If role expectations and role performance as
perceived by nurse & client are congruent,
transaction will occur.
6. If role conflict is experienced by nurse or client or
both, stress in nurse-client interaction will occur.
7. If nurse with special knowledge skill communicate
appropriate information to client, mutual goal
setting and goal attainment will occur.
 MAJOR CONCEPT
 INTERACTING SYSTEM:-
1. Personal system.
2. Interpersonal system.
3. Social system.
• THE PERSONAL SYSTEM:-
Individuals are personal systems. Each individual is an
open, total, unique system in constant interaction with
the environment.
1. Perception.
2. Self.
3. Growth and development.
4. Body image.
5. Space.
6. Time.
1.Perception :- A process of interpreting information
from sense data and memory that gives meaning
experience.
2. Self :- A composite of thought and feeling that
constitutes a person awareness of individual
existence of who and what he or she is.
3. Growth and development :- ―The processes that
take place in an individual‘s life like cellular,
molecular and behavioural change in human
being.
4. Body image :- An individual‘s perceptions of
his own body and others reactions to his
appearance.
5. Space :- Existing in all directions and is the
same everywhere. Defined by physical area
known territory.
6. Time :- Existing in all directions and is the
same everywhere. Defined by physical area
known territory.
 Interpersonal system :-
Interpersonal systems are formed by the interactions of two or
more individuals. King refers to two individuals as dyads, three
as triads and four or more individuals as small group or large
group.
1. Communication.
2. Interaction.
3. Role.
4. Stress.
5. Stressors.
6. Transaction.
• 1.Communication :- intrapersonal,
interpersonal, verbal and non-verbal
modes of interaction that contribute to
development of human relationships. A
person provides information directly the
goals and the means to achieve it.
• 2. Interaction :- The acts of two or more
person in mutual presence. It is the
observable verbal and nonverbal goal-directed
behavior of two or more people in mutual
presence and includes a perception and
communication.
• 3. transaction :- A process of interaction in
which human being communicate with the
environment to achieve goals that are valued.
Two individuals mutually identify the goals
and the means to achieve it. They reach an
agreement about; how to attain these goals
and then set about to realize them.
• 4. Role :- Set of behaviours expected when occupying
a position in a social system. Each person occupies a
position in a social system that has specific rules and
obligations. Roles can be congruent (resulting in
transactions) or in conflict (resulting in stress).
• 5 Stress :- Dynamic state whereby a human exchange
energy and information between the person and the
environment for regulation and control of stressors.
• 6.Stressors :- Events that produce stress.
SOCIAL SYSTEM :-
Social systems are composed of large groups
with common interests or goals. This shows
how the nurse interacts with co-workers,
superiors, subordinates and the client
environment in general. Interactions with
social systems influence individuals
throughout the life span.
1. Organization.
2. Authority.
3. Decision making.
4. Power.
5. Status.
1. Organization :- A system whose continuous
activities are conducted to achieve goals.
Refers to a group of people with similar
interest, who have prescribed roles and
positions and who use resources to achieve
personal and organizational goals.
2. Authority :-
A transactional process characterized by
active, reciprocal and perceptions play a role
in defining, validation and accepting the
authority of individual within an organization.
3. Decision making :-
A dynamic and systematic process by which
goal directed choice of perceived alternatives
is made and acted upon by individuals or
group to answer a question and attain a goal.
• 4. Power :- Which is situational, dynamic and
goal- directed, is characterized by the ability to
use resources for goal achievement; power is
also a means by which one or more persons
can influence others.
• 5. Status :-
The position of an individual in a group or a
group in relation to other group in
anorganization.
 MATAPERADIGM
1.Human being/person.
2. Health.
3. Environment.
4. Nursing.
1.Human being/person :-
King described a person existing in an open
system as a spiritual being and rational thinker
who makes choices, selects alternative
courses of action, and has the ability to record
their history through their own language and
symbols, unique, holistic and have different
needs, wants and goals.
• 2. Health :-
Health involve dynamic life experiences of a
human being, which implies continuous
adjustment to stressors in the internal and
external environment through optimum use of
one resource to achieve maximum potential
for daily living.
3. Environment :-
King defined Environment as the process of
balance involving internal and external
interactions inside the social system. o
Reactions from the interaction between the
internal and external environment can be
biological, psychological, physical, social or
spiritual. It has a direct exchange of
information between the internal and external.
4. Nursing :-
Nursing is a process of action, reaction, and
interaction whereby nurse and client share
information about their perceptions in the
nursing situation. The nurse and client share
specific goals, problems, and concerns and
explore means to achieve a goal.