“ It is important for nurses to study the development of nursing theory because without an idea of where you have been, how can you know how, why, when, or where to go “ (Cherry and Jacob, 2014, p.75). Theory leads to research, research leads to science, science leads to practice, and practice then cycles back to theory. New theory emerging from practice will generate new studies that will, in turn, produce new knowledge for practice. All of this contributes to improving nursing practice. It is a very sad situation when nurses and nursing students feel that studying and applying nursing theories is irrelevant and a waste of time. Often nurses and nursing students are not very interested in educating themselves about various nursing theories. They much rather be more concerned about the technical and administrative end of nursing. The scenario with Mary Jane and her coworkers is a very good example of how many nurses show lack of interest in the studying and application of nursing theory. I believe Mary Jane should have responded by telling her coworkers that nursing theory is just as important and vital to nursing practice as anything else you learn in nursing school. She should have asked them if they both would agree that the major aim in nursing is to see your client reach his or her highest attainment of health. Next, she should go on to explain how Imogene King’s theory of goal attainment was beneficial to her and her client. Nursing is highly focused on client outcomes. However, to achieve the best outcome possible we learn that King emphasizes that both the nurse and the client bring important knowledge and information to the relationship and that they work together to achieve goals. The essence of her theory is that the nurse and the patient come together, communicate, and make transactions – they set goals and work to achieve the goals they