Question

Explain Imogene King's theory and how does it apply to your nursing profession? Minimum of 150 words

Answer 1

Imogene King theory formulated by Imogene King in 1960 describes about the behavior of an individual to achieve their goals and the interaction by various factors in achieving the goal. An individual's goal can be interrupted by certain internal (stress,emotions, tension, thoughts, characteristics, and external factors like societal expectation, roles in the society or community,etc.,)

This can be applied to nursing profession by creating awareness ,knowledge and skills for a nurse regarding how to achieve a goal overcoming the various factors.This can be used to be goal oriented and be motivated by being against the negative factors and achieving success .