title: King's theory of goal attainment: exploring functional status.
abstract: Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment provides a schema for nurses interested in functional status. However, the lack of a uniform definition for functional status has hindered development of a concise understanding of this phenomenon. Functional status is particularly important to nurses who are concerned with the safety and wellbeing of clients. With healthcare's increased focus on client-family-centered care it is important to develop innovative approaches for evaluating functional status that incorporate the client-family perspective. King's focus on mutual decision-making is an underutilized resource that can provide great insight into the study and understanding of functional status.
authors: PhD Student, New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY.
authors: Billy A
authors: BA
authors: Caceres
mesh_terms: D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: King’s theory; functional status; nursing theory; patient care