Theories Of Kings Goal Attainment Theory

Introduction Our topic is about Kings’ goal attainment theory. Maureen A Frey (1995) said this theory can be applied to personal, interpersonal and social. The role of the nurse is to identify the goal and the means to help the client. When apply the concern of nursing process into Kings’ goal attainment theory, there are totally five stages. First, is assessment, it takes place during the interaction of the nurse and the client. Nurses may use their knowledge and skills to teach the patient or assess the perception of the patient. Second is nursing diagnosis, to identify the problems, concern and the difficulties of the client. For planning, nurses need to create a care plan. Moreover, it is essential to set a goal and making decision in this stage and transaction may occur. Next stage is implementation; transaction may continue. Finally, evaluation, to determine whether the goal was achieved. According to Maureen A Frey (1995), transaction is the process of interaction within the people and the environment, so that they can achieved the goal that settled before and it is a goal directed human behavior. Individual Maureen A Frey (1995), there are seven components in individual aspect which are perception, self, body image, time, growth and development, space and learning. First, is perception. During the assessment, nurses find that the patients like Lo Zhi ho perception. He thinks obesity is equal to beautiful. Therefore, nurses invite these patients to