Module 03: Coneptual Model (Part One) Flashcards
According to her, “Theory is an abstraction that implies
prediction based in research without some theoretical basis will not build scientific knowledge for a discipline”
Imogene M. King
When was Imogene M. King born and when did she die respectively?
January 20, 1923 and December 24, 2007
Where was Imogene M. King born and where did she die respectively?
West Point Iowa and St. Petersburg Florida
Where did Imogene M. King receive a diploma?
St. John‘s Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri
(1945)
According to Imogene’s theory on the Conceptual System &
Theory of Goal Attainment, what was the purpose of proposing a conceptual frame of reference?
This is utilized to to identify and analyze events in specific nursing situations. The conceptual system suggests that the essential characteristics of nursing are those properties that have persisted in spite of environmental changes
How did Imogene view her theory as an approach?
It is an approach for selecting concepts perceived to be fundamental for the practice of professional nursing and shows a process for developing concepts that symbolize experiences within the physical, psychological, and social
environment in nursing,”
What are the methods of developing theory?
(1) Theory can be developed and tested in research
(2) research provides data from which theory may be developed
How did Imogene King perceived nursing?
It is an observable behavior found in the health care systems in society.
What is the goal of nurses
The goal is to maintain their health so they can function in their roles.
How did Imogene King perceive person?
Spiritual beings; they have the ability through their language and other symbols to record their history & preserve their culture.
According to Imogene King the person is capable of what?
Rational Thinking and Decision making
How did Imogene King perceive health?
Dynamic state in life cycle, whereas illness interferes with the process
What does health imply according to Imogene King?
implies continuous adjustment to stress in the internal &
external environment.
How did Imogene king perceive the environment?
Interactions occur constantly between systems & the systems
environment.
What does the Conceptual System & Theory of Goal Attainment focus on?
Theory of goal attainment focuses on the interpersonal system and the interactions that take place between individuals, specifically in the NURSE-PATIENT relationship.
This is based on the nurse’s assessment of client’s concern,
problems & disturbances in health
Mutual goal setting
According to her, The use of models has changed the face of nursing and I think at this point in time we have enough validation and verifications of their importance”.
Betty Neuman
What were the systems model’s Theoretical Sources?
(1) Gestalt Theory (Perls, 1973)
(2) Philosophical view of de Chardin and Marx
(3) Selye’s definition of Stress
This describes homeostasis as the process by which an organism maintains its equilibrium, and consequently its health, under varying conditions.
Gestalt Theory (Perls, 1973)
According to the Gestalt Theory, this satisfies needs.
Adjustment
What does the philosophical view of de Chardin and Marx explain?
The properties of parts are determined partly by the larger wholes within dynamically organized systems.
What was Selye’s definition of stress?
Nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it
This approach pertains as to how clients are viewed as
wholes whose parts are in dynamic interaction.
Wholistic Approach