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Imogene King: Critique of Her Nursing Theory

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the "General Systems Framework", evolved in the mid 1960s and was finally published in 1971 (Douglas, 2001). King viewed the interaction between nurses and patients as an open system  which is in constant interaction with a variety of environmental factors (Douglas, 2001). The "General Systems Framework" theory encapsulates this view.  The "General Systems Framework" theory recognizes that the objective in any healthcare situation, of course, is an improvement in health and welfare. The most important factor in reaching  this objective is the interpersonal interaction between the health care provider and the patient (Douglas, 2001). Douglas (2001) describes Kings view of the importance of this interaction:  "It is an interpersonal system in which two people come together in a health care organization to  help maintain functioning health. The nurse and the patient interact to identify and solve a problem through achieving goals".  King was interested in defining both nursing and nurse from a detailed functional perspective (Douglas, 2001). Few in the nursing field during her  time were better qualified to make such definitions. Baker had received her preliminary degree in nursing in 1945, a degree which she followed up with a Baccalaureate in Nursing  in 1949 and with a Masters in Nursing in 1957 (Douglas, 2001). Even these academic accomplishments would be superseded, however, with her doctorate in teaching and a "postdoctoral study  in systems research, advanced statistics, research design, and computers" (Douglas, 2001). Pulling from her well-rounded academic background, King would become not