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Imogene King (January 30, 1923 – December 24, 2007) was a pioneer of nursing theory development. Her interacting systems theory of nursing and her theory of goal ...
Nursing theory is defined as "a creative and conscientious structuring of ideas that project a tentative, purposeful, and systematic view of phenomena". [1] Through systematic inquiry, whether in nursing research or practice, nurses are able to develop knowledge relevant to improving the care of patients.
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Imogene King: Columbia University: Loyola University Chicago: Introduced the theory of goal attainment. 2005 Joan Lynaugh: University of Pennsylvania: Director emerita of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing. 2006 Kathryn Barnard: University of Washington: Nurse theorist who studied infant mental health. 2006 Sister ...
In 1976, Sister Callista Roy developed the Adaptation Model of Nursing, a prominent nursing theory.Nursing theories frame, explain or define the practice of nursing. Roy's model sees the individual as a set of interrelated systems (biological, psychological and social).
Marjory Gordon (Cleveland, November 10, 1931 – Massachusetts, April 29, 2015) [1] was a nursing theorist and professor who created a nursing assessment theory known as Gordon's functional health patterns.
During 1944, she worked as a private duty nurse. One year later, she worked as a civilian nurse in the US Army. From 1947 to 1950 she was a preclinical instructor of Physical Sciences for Nurses at Cook County Hospital School of Nursing.
Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer. [1]Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the ...