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Callista Roy
Callista Roy
Adaptation Model
Amy Lampen
Laura Braun
Ashley Borowiak
Introduction
• Awhen
person’s behavioral responses are ineffective for coping
the demands of the environment are too high or the
person’s adaptive resources are too low (Chitty & Black,
• 2011, p. 313).
Nursing goals are to promote adaptation for individuals
contributing to health, quality of life, and dying with
• dignity.
Nurses need to assess patient behavior and factors that
influence adaptive abilities. By doing this, nurses can plan
interventions to expand abilities to adapt and enhance
environmental interactions (Connell School of Nursing,
2010).
What influenced Roy's
Adaptation Model?
According to Debra R. Hanna (2013), "Roy's specific life
values included, among others, her Roman Catholic
religious beliefs, her commitment to living as a
consecrated religious Sister of St. Joseph of
Cardondelet, and belonging to a religious order that
derives its rule from the spirituality of St. Ignatius of
Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (also known as
the Jesuites)" (p. 53). Hanna (2013) also states that "It
is no coincidence that Modras's description of Ignatian
humanism is consistent with Roy's description of
humanism, which differs in a major way from the
contemporary, secular approach to humanism. Also Roy
(1997) has mentioned having been influenced by the
posthumous writings of another Jesuit priest, the late
Reverend Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) (p.
53).
Influences on Roy's theories
(cont'd)
Using what you have learned from the presentation and your textbook, complete
an assessment on the patient’s environment. What conclusions can you reach as to
why the patient's condition is worsening? What type of interventions would you
then complete?
References
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Connell School of Nursing (2013). The Roy adaptation model. Boston College William
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Hanna, D.R. (2013). Roy's Specific Life Values and the Philosophical Assumption of
Humanism.Nursing Science Quarterly, 26(1), 53-58. doi: http://0-
dx.doi.libcat.ferris.ed/10.1177/0894318411419210
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