Application of a theory of goal attainment in nursing
Health care delivery for the future mandates an approach that promotes communication, cooperation, and coordination among health care providers. Nurses and physicians are two groups of major providers of health care in the United states. Coordination of a plan of care will occur if professionals recognize a common goal for recipients of care. That goal is to help individuals maintain a health state so they can function in society. The means to achieve a common goal vary with each professional group and its roles and function in society.