18 October 2010

System Model Imogene M King

King model of nursing theory to understand the concept model of nursing theory by using an open system in constant interaction with the environment, so the King put forward the concept of work that includes a system of personal, interpersonal systems and social systems that are interconnected to one another.

According to King's personal system is an open system where in it there is a perception, a pattern of growing kemban, body image, space and time from the individual and the environment, and interpersonal relationship is a relationship between nurses and patients as well as social relation which mean that a nurse interaction and patients in upholding the social system in accordance with the existing situation.

Through the basic system is the king saw man is a relative of individuals that is reacting to situations, people and creatures that human being  as of the time did not escape the past and present which may affect the future and as social human beings will live together with others who will interact with one another.


In King's book of 1981, the family is widely discussed. King views the family as a social system and the main concepts in the model. The family is treated as both a context and the client. King explain that the theory of goal attainment is useful for nurses when called upon to assist families in maintaining their health or cope with problems or illness.

Family seagai subsystem is a community of open systems in which happen reciprocal relationship between families with the community, which at the same time as feedback. In accordance with the model system in studying the community, the families studied as a sub-system and the community. lntervensi nursing will be undertaken related to the two targets are families and communities. Thus the family is the basic service unit in the society / community.

Community is a system consisting of a sub system of supra-system family is the wider social system. Sub-systems contained in kornunitas sating interacting, interrelated, and interdependent with one another. Disruptions or stressors in one sub-system will affect community, for example a disturbance in one sub system of education, where people will lose information and knowledge.
The result can lead to lack of knowledge or ignorance of health in modifying the environment that require nursing intervention.

The goal of the theory of King (1971, 1981, 1987) focuses on the interaction of three systems: The system of personal, interpersonal system between nurses and clients are instrumental in providing nursing care, where the dynamic interpersonal process that is displayed by the nurses dank lien is influenced by the behavior one another, so also by the prevailing health care system. The purpose of nurses is to utilize communication to assist clients in creating and maintaining a positive adaptation to the environment

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