Imogene King’s Contribution to Nursing
Education
Imogene King’s is considered to be a pioneer in Nursing Theory development. Among her known theories were the Conceptual System of Nursing and the Theory of goal attainment. Her works became the basis of Nursing Education programs implemented in different settings today. In one of her discussions, she highlighted nursing a profession rather than an occupation or a craft and linked with her Theory of Development Movement of the time. Her interacting Conceptual System and her Theory of Goal Attainment are now used in the major nursing texts and serve as basis of Nursing Education Programs in variety of settings.
Research
King’s conceptual system and the Theory of Goal Attainment fit the current trends in nursing. A good example for this is the classification system, evidence based and evidence based interventions. Although her early writings emphasizes on quantitative aspects, she acknowledges the use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches in research
Practice
King’s conceptual framework system and Theory of Goal Attainment fits the current trends in nursing. In her recent publications of journals and presentations, she made revisions which include addition of coping to personal system and spirituality as basic assumption of human being. She also changed the conceptual framework to conceptual system where she relates the use of minimum data use, common language for nurses and computerized patient system important in organizing, applying and communicating knowledge.
She linked the Conceptual system with the Theory of Goal Attainment. The three systems that she constitutes to her conceptual systems are personal, interpersonal and social which eventually provide the basis for her Theory of Goal Attainment. The combination of those theories was used in 36 nursing specialties, 10 different cultures and 20 different work settings. It became also relevant to the other areas such as advocacy and case management.
In her Rural Nursing theory, nursing can also be applied in rural areas however, some concepts may not be applicable due to limitation in setting goals that would only be effective if the client knows that they would benefit from them without fear that it may interrupt with their daily lives.
Reference:
http://www.sagepub.com/holt/articles/Frey.pelf
http://www.rno.org/journal/index.php/online-journal/article/view
