When talking about goals in a relationship, people often focus on what should be done by another to make another one better. For instance, when we talk about a client and a defense lawyer relationship, then it is the lawyer’s job to do all the work. However, this is not the case. To come up with a logical defense, a client should be able to cooperate with all the plans laid out for him. This is similar with a nurse and patient relationship. The nurse in this relationship is naturally the one who carries the responsibility to make a patient better. In King’s theory of Goal Attainment, the relevance of nursing process was given emphasis(Lindell, Laughon & Bogue, 2011). However, a user or patient’s participation in his or her health care should also be given emphasis (Da Silva & Ferreira, 2016).
In order to achieve goals, especially in the health care setting, one must understand that participation and cooperation should be exercised. Many had already acknowledged that the participation and cooperation from patients greatly influence the attainment of particular health goals. The elements that are required for goal attainment should not be confined with the nurses’s responsibilities(Da Silva & Ferreira, 2016). The efforts of a particular nurse to follow protocols from health institutions and King’s theory for nursing practice can be rendered irrelevant if the patients choose to not cooperate. As much as it is the responsibility of the people who are tasked to look after patients’ health to make them better,it is everyone’s responsibility to make health among the highest priority. One’s health is paramount and everyone should be involved in making it better. Nevertheless, King’s theory had helped and continue to help many nurses achieve goals. Health care is likewise a responsibility of a patient and a nurse as a whole.
References
Da Silva, R.N. & Ferreira, M.A. (2016). Users’ Participation in Nursing Care: an Element of the Theory of Goal Attainment. Routledge, 52(1).
Lindell, J. M., Loughon, D., & Bogue, R. J. (2011). An Examination of the Sustainable Adoption of the Whole Person Care. Journal of Nursing Management, 19(8), 989-997.
