In fact, its utilization led to the development of the Goal-Oriented Nursing Record (GONR), which is used as a procedural step that would guide the nurse throughout his/her conduct of care service provision and evaluation.
Orlando's theory of functional nursing, meanwhile, focuses on one concept considered vital in King's goal attainment theory: perception. In her theory, Orlando explicated the importance of a perceptive nursing, which is a basic requirement and goal for any practicing nurse. This 'concept' is vital in that through the practice of perceptive nursing, the idea of "good" and "bad" nursing is eliminated. Moreover, in discussing further the idea of perceptive -- that is, functional -- nursing, Orlando argued the following, centering on the importance of becoming a care provider first rather than being a medical service provider:
in day-to-day practice the nurse can forget what her real job is, if she...
After all there are just so many hours on duty and if every minute is spent on what routine, administration, and doctors prescribe, then obviously you can't get around to helping the patient...the head nurse and the student did do the things that had to be done but nothing they did or said directly helped (the patient). Her expressions of agony did not change, if anything, they got worse.
Works Cited
Orlando, I. (1962). "Concept of function in professional nursing." Presented at the New York Academy of Medicine. Available at http://www.uri.edu/nursing/schmieding/orlando/manuscripts/files/coffpn.html.
Williams, L. (2001). "Imogene King's Interacting Systems Theory -- Application in Emergency and Rural Nursing." Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Healthcare, Vol. 2, Issue 1. Available at http://www.rno.org/journal/issues/Vol-2/issue-1/Williams.htm.
