A nurse educator incorporates stress, power, authority, and personal space along with other concepts and considers these concepts essential knowledge for use by nurses. From which theorist is the educator applying principles into the curriculum?
1. Dorothea Orem
2. Imogene King
3. Jean Watson
4. Hildegard Peplau
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Orem's theory focuses on self-care/self-care deficit and is not applicable here.
Rationale 2: Imogene King's theory of goal attainment is based on 15 concepts from nursing literature she selected as essential knowledge for use by nurses: self, role, perception, communication, interaction, transaction, growth and development, stress, time, personal space, organization, status, power, authority, and decision making.
Rationale 3: Jean Watson's theory centers on caring interaction and is not applicable here.
Rationale 4: Hildegard Peplau's theory centers on the use of a therapeutic relationship between the nurse and client and is not applicable here.
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