SISTER CALLISTA ROY (ADAPTATION THEORY)

INPUT CENTRAL PROCESS EFFECTORS OUTPUT CONCEPT OF THEORY

INTRODUCTION  Ray’s adaptation model focuses on five main concepts.
 The first is adaptation which demonstrates man as a holistic system that is in constant
Roy’s adaptation theory was authored by Sister interaction with the internal and external environment.
Callista Roy. Roy’s adaptation model was  The second concept is the person; whose main task is to uphold integrity during a stimuli
coping physiological response. According to this concept, the body of a person has all parts needed to ensure
established in 1970 and is based on the stimuli functions self- adaptive and
mechanism integrity is upheld.
perception that a person’s feelings and level of adaptation concept role ineffective  The third concept is nursing which demonstrate the main role of nurses with regard to
regular function
thinking are based on the persons need to model response patient care. Nurses must be able to bring about change in such a way that adaptation is
cognator interdependence
successfully attained.
establish a relation between human perception  The environment is the fourth concept, and it focuses on conditions and influences that
and the environment Ray’s affect the behaviors and development of individuals.
 The fifth concept is health, representing the overall condition of a person’s mind and body.
APPLICATION OF THEORY There are several assumptions that arise under Roy’s adaptation model.
AUTHOR DESCRIPTION
 Sister Roy was born in California in 1939 Assessment Nsg diagnosis Goal/planning Implementation Evaluation METAPARADIGM
 She studied for a BA and major in nursing at Mount saint Assessment of behavior: When Anxiety related -Provide -Given -Reduce
Person:
Mrs. Kamla was admitted in to surgical knowledge psychological anxiety, -
Mary College in California. surgical ward she was very incision about the support. maintain According to Callista Roy, human systems have thinking and feeling capacities,
 Sr.Callista Roy- nurse theorist, writer, lecturer, researcher anxious and scared about the disease good rooted in consciousness and meaning, by which they adjust effectively to changes in
and teacher surgical treatment (amputation). condition. relationship. the environment and in turn, affect the environment. Human beings use a system of
 Professor and Nurse Theorist at the Boston College of -Give -Gain
psychological knowledge
adaptation, both innate and acquired, to respond to the environment stimuli they
Nursing in Chestnut Hill support. about experience. Human systems may be individuals or groups, likes families,
 Born at Los Angeles on October 14, 1939. treatment. organizations and the whole global community.
 Bachelor of Arts with a major in nursing - Mount St. Assessment of stimuli Infection Give -Medication Environment
Mary's College, Los Angeles in 1963. Focal stimuli :- diabetes mellitus related to antibiotics done. -Gain According to her, environment means “the conditions, circumstances and influences surrounding
is the disease process altered skin medicine. -Given knowledge
 Master's degree program in pediatric nursing - University Contextual stimuli :- tissue integrity Give knowledge about and affecting the development and behavior of persons or groups, with particular consideration of
of California, Los Angeles in 1966. damage and altered tissue related to knowledge about hygiene hygiene the mutuality of person and health resources that includes focal, contextual and residual stimuli.
 Master’s and PhD in Sociology in 1973 and 1977. integrity resulting from diabetes surgical about the care and care. Contextual stimuli are characterized as the rest of the stimuli that present with the focal stimuli, and
mellitus and necrosis. incision. hygiene care. treatment. -Use contribute to its effect. Residual stimuli are the additional environmental factors present within the
 Worked with Dorothy E. Johnson Residual stimuli :- kamla verified crutches situation, but its effect is unclear.
 Worked as f faculty of Mount St. Mary's College in 1966. anxiety as a residual stimulus and Health
 Organized course content according to a view of person mobilized.
Roy describes, health is not freedom from the inevitability of death, disease, unhappiness and
and family as adaptive systems. coping stress, but the ability to cope with them in a competent way. Health is defined as the state where
 RAM as a basis of curriculum i at Mount St. Mary’s mechanism human beings can continually adapt to stimuli. Because illness is a part of life, health is the result of
College regular(tissue a process where health and illness can coexist. If the persons cannot adapt hence, the integrity of
 1970-The model was implemented in Mount St. Mary’s trauma, the person can be affected negatively. Health is the result of process and human beings are striving
altered tissue
school integrity, anxious, self reduce anxiety, to attain their maximum potential.
 1971- she was made chair of the nursing department at the necrosis, esteem disturb, learned to use Nursing
catheterization,
college. medication, infection maintain good crutches and The goal of nursing is the promotion of adaptation for human beings and groups in each of the four
surgical incision relationship, mobilized, gain adaptive modes(physiological, self-concept, role function, and interdependence), thus contributing
 Assumptions (Roy 1989; Roy and Andrews 1991) believes in god. good knowledge to health , quality of life and dying with dignity.
cognator(anxie Nurses act as facilitators of adaptation. They assess the client’s behaviors for adaptation, promote
ty, fear, numb, positive adaptation by enhancing environment interaction and helping clients react positively to
pain, low self
esteem) stimuli. Nurses eliminate ineffective coping mechanism and eventually lead to better outcomes for
the client.

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