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Imogene King's conceptual framework: a proposed model for continuing nursing education
Author(s) -
Brown Sylvia T.,
Lee Belinda T.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1980.tb03178.x
Subject(s) - continuing education , conceptual model , nursing , nursing theory , conceptual framework , medline , psychology , medical education , medicine , sociology , computer science , political science , social science , database , law
This paper presents a proposed model for continuing nursing education based on Imogene King's conceptual framework. The rationale for using King's conceptual framework as the foundation underlying this proposed model is three‐fold: the concepts–social systems, health, perception, and interpersonal relationships–are relevant in every nursing situation; the interacting levels of operation–individuals, groups, and society–depict a reciprocal relationship between human behaviour and the environment; and the triad of elements–continuity nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing research–are interrelated in the nursing profession. The authors contend that this approach to continuing nursing education is beneficial to participating nurses, the health care consumer, and to the advancement of the nursing profession.