Imogene King: Theory of Goal Attainment Flashcards
Author of the Goal Attainment Theory
Imogene King
Individuals are social beings who are rational and sentient. People communicate their thoughts, actions, customs, and beliefs through language. People share common characteristics, such as the ability to perceive, think, feel, choose between alternative courses of action, set goals, choose means to achieve them, and make decisions.
Man
A dynamic state, whereas illness disrupts that process. Implies continuous adjustment to stress in the internal and external environment through the optimum use of one’s resources to achieve the maximum potential for daily living.
Health
A factor that has a direct influence on the patient or the person in which its adjustment has an effect on them.
Environment
An observable behavior found in the healthcare systems. Goal of this is to help individuals maintain their health so they can function in their roles. A process of action, reaction and interaction, with the nurse and the client sharing information about their perceptions in the nursing situation that shares specific goals, problems, and concerns and to explore how to achieve the goal.
Nursing
The foundation of a society. They are influenced by their environment, mainly the immediate family.
Personal systems
Individuals with the same beliefs flock together
Interpersonal system
Different interpersonal systems with different views and beliefs make up an even more complexed sets of groups
Social System
- Perception
- Self
- Growth
- Body Image
- Time
- Space
- Learning
Components of Personal System
- Interactions
- Communication
- Transaction
- Stress
- Coping
Components of Interpersonal System
- Organizing
- Authority
- Power
- Status
- Decision Making
- Control
Components of Social System
It is a behavior that aims toward setting goals through communication between the nurse and the client then exploring and agreeing means to perform them thereby achieving the set goals.
Action
It is a form of reacting or a response to a certain stimulus.
Reaction
It is any situation wherein the nurse relates and deals with a clientele.
Interaction
A process of interaction in which human beings communicate with environment to achieve goals that are valued and goal-directed.
Transaction
