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The adaptation model of nursing presumes that the individual patient is fully cognitive after an injury and during recovery. During this consciousness, each patient creates a unique relationship with their environment. Actual adaptation is a product of combining the cognitive mind and the environment which surrounds it.
The Roy adaptation model believes that the human mind has heightened creative abilities, along with the conception of fate. This version of the adaptation method involves steps to nursing which asses the situation and recognizes clues within the immediate environment of injured patients. Once these clues are diagnosed, the goal of the nurse is to best assist the individual patient in cognitive and behavioral healing. Some of Roy's recent projects include working on intervention studies of recently injured patients. She involves the family members of injured patients to help in the recovery of their cognitive functions which were damaged.
Data gathering becomes much more broad and significant when the Roy adaptation model is applied to a patient. As nurses spend time on examining the surroundings of their patients, they can customize the best plan for recovery for each individual patient. Successful assessment of a patient's environment is a key element of applying the Roy model of adaptation. In her work, "Implementing the Roy Adaptation: From Theory to Practice," Pamela...
Roy's theories help develop successful nursing strategies by finding the smoothest adaptation to each individual's current conditions. These strategies can also be applied to "an intervention for a discrete clinical population," (Senesac 2007).
Sr. Callista Roy's innovations to the adaptation theory have helped thousands of patients' on their road to cognitive recovery. Since the adoption of her theories in the curriculum of Mount Saint Mary's Nursing Program in 1970 while she was still on staff, Roy's model of adaptation has gained great momentum in the field of nursing.
Works Cited
Boston College. "The Roy Adaptation Model." www2.bc.edu/~royaca/htm/ram.htm Found on October 4.
Boston College. "Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN: Professor and Nurse Theorist." http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/theorist.html. Found on October 4, 2007.
Senesac, P. "Implementing the Roy Adaptation: From Theory to Practice." The Roy
Adaptation Model in Progress. http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/theorist/RAM/practice.html. Found on October 4, 2007
Works Cited
Boston College. "The Roy Adaptation Model." www2.bc.edu/~royaca/htm/ram.htm Found on October 4.
Boston College. "Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN: Professor and Nurse Theorist." http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/theorist.html. Found on October 4, 2007.
Senesac, P. "Implementing the Roy Adaptation: From Theory to Practice." The Roy
Adaptation Model in Progress. http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/theorist/RAM/practice.html. Found on October 4, 2007
Sr. Callista Roy Sister Callista Roy was named after Saint Callistus, a pope and martyr, from the Roman calendar on the day of her birth, October 14, 1939 at the Los Angeles Country General Hospital to a big family, which was deeply devoted to God and the service of others (Office of the Nurse Theorist 2002). Her mother was a nurse who lived and taught the values of faith, hope and
Sister Callista Roy Theory At the age of 14 years old, Callista Roy had already started working in large general hospital where she moved from being a pantry, to maid to the nurse's maid. After considerations, Callista decided to join the Sisters of Saint Joseph Carondelet where she became a member for more that 40 years of her entire life. She joined college and pursued liberal arts program where she successfully
Nursing Theorist: Sr. Roy Adaptation Model The Roy Adaptation model for Nursing had its beginning when Sister Callista Roy happened to get admitted in the Masters Program of pediatric nursing in the University of California, Los Angeles, in the year 1964. At that time, Sr. Callista was familiar with the idea of 'adaptation' in nursing, and it must be mentioned that Sr. Callista's adviser at that time was Dorothy E. Johnson,
Vulnerable Populations Social groups that have increased susceptibility and are at risk for health problems are referred to as "vulnerable populations." This paper seeks to briefly define the meaning of the term "vulnerable population,' describe its characteristics, identify some of the barriers to health care service, and look at cultural attitudes relating to these populations. In addition, a cursory look at nursing theories, and models, concerning vulnerable populations will be presented. Vulnerability