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Imogene M. King, EdD, RN, FAAN
1923 to 2007

Conceptual System and Middle-Range

Theory of Goal Attainment

Christina L. Sieloff and Patricia R. Messmer

“Theory is an abstraction that implies prediction based in research. Theory without research and
research without some theoretical basis will not build scientific knowledge for a discipline”
(King, 1977, p. 23).

Credentials and Background of the she received from St. Louis University in 1948. In
Theorist 1957, she received a Master of Science in Nursing
from St. Louis University. From 1947 to 1958, King
The Nightingale Tribute to Imogene King worked as an instructor in medical-surgical nursing
Imogene M. King was born on January 30, 1923, and was an assistant director at St. John’s Hospital
in West Point, Iowa. She died December 24, 2007, School of Nursing. King went on to study with
in St. Petersburg, Florida, and is buried in Fort Mildred Montag as her dissertation chair at Teach-
Madison, Iowa. In 1945, King received a diploma in ers College, Columbia University, New York, and
Nursing from St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing in received her EdD in 1961.
St. Louis, Missouri. While working in a variety of From 1961 to 1966 at Loyola University in Chicago,
staff nurse roles, King began course work toward a King developed a master’s degree program in nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, which based on a nursing conceptual framework. Her first

Photo courtesy of Patricia Messmer, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN.
Previous authors: C. L. Sieloff, M. L. Ackermann, S. A. Brink, J. A. Clanton, C. G. Jones, A. Marriner-Tomey, S. L. Moody,
G. L. Perlich, D. L. Price, & B. B. Prusinski.
The authors encourage all readers to read Dr. King’s original materials in conjunction with this chapter.

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