IMOGENE M. KING

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• communication to help the client reestablish a positive adaptation to his or her environment
• focus is on the interpersonal system
• interactions that take place between individuals, specifically in the nurse-patient relationship

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Theory of Goal Attainment

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• each individual is a personal system
• body image, growth, development, perception, self, space, and time

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personal system

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composite of thoughts and feelings which constitutes a person’s awareness of their individual existence, their conception of who and what they are

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self

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defined as the processes in people’s lives through which they move from a potential for achievement to the actualization of self

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growth and development

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how one perceives both one’s body and others’ reactions to one’s appearance

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body image

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• exists in all directions, is the same everywhere
• physical area known as “territory” and by the behaviors of those occupying it

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space

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• a duration between one event and another as uniquely experienced by each human being
• relation of one event to another event

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time

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• formed by human beings interacting
• communication, interaction, role, stress, transaction

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interpersonal systems

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the observable behaviors of two or more individuals in mutual presence

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interactions

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a process whereby information is given from one person to another either directly in a face-to-face meeting or indirectly through telephone, television, or the written word

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communication

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process of interactions in which human beings communicate with the environment to achieve goals that are valued… goal-directed human behaviors

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transactions

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characteristic of a role is ___

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reprocity

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• dynamic state whereby a human being interacts with the environment to maintain balance for growth, development, and performance
• involves an exchange of energy and information between the person and the environment for regulation and control of stressors

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stress

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• more comprehensive interacting system consists of groups that make up society
• examples are religious, educational, and health care systems
• authority, decision making, organization, power, and status

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social systems

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• capacity to use resources in organizations to achieve goals
• process whereby one or more persons influence other persons in a situation

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power

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• position of an individual in a group or a group concerning other groups in an organization

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status

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dynamic and systematic process by which goal-directed choice of perceived alternatives is made and acted upon by individuals or groups to answer a question and attain a goal

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decision making

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• integrated this process in King’s model of nursing
• assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementations, and evaluation

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nursing process

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• takes place during interaction
• uses his or her special knowledge and skills while the patient delivers knowledge of him or herself and the perception of problems of concern to the interaction
• nurse gathers data about the patient

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assessment

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• this phase is developed using the data collected in the assessment
• the nurse identifies problems, concerns, and disturbances about which the patient is seeking help

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nursing diagnosis

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• arises after diagnosis
• the nurse and other health care team members create a care plan of interventions to solve the problems identified
• setting goals and making decisions about the means to achieve those goals

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planning

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the actual activities done to achieve the goals

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implementation

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the nurse evaluates the patient to determine whether the goals were achieved

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evaluation

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• perceiving, thinking, relating, judging, and acting with an individual who comes to a nursing situations
• process of action, reaction, and interaction whereby nurse and client share information about their perceptions in the nursing situation
• goal is to help individuals maintain their health so they can function in their roles

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nursing

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• biopsychosocial being
• social beings who are rational and sentient
• communicate their thoughts, actions, customs, and beliefs through language

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person / individual

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• background for human interactions
• internal and external environment continually interacts to assist in adjustments to change

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environment

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• dynamic life experience of a human being
• continuous adjustment to stressors in the internal and external environment through optimum use of one’s resources to achieve maximum daily living potential

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health

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a sequence of behaviors involving mental and physical activity

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action