Nursing Theorist Grid-Callista Roy

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Nursing Theorist Grid

Crystal Kent, RN

NUR/403 Theories and Models of Nursing Practice

04/20/12

Ethel Jones, Ed.S, DSN, RN
Nursing Theorist Grid

Use grid below to complete the Week 4-Nursing Theorists assignment. Please see the “Nursing Theorists’ Grading Criteria” document, located on the Materials page of the student Web site.

Name: Crystal Kent, RN

Theorist Selected: Sister Callista Roy

Description of Theory:
Adaptation refers to “the process and outcome whereby thinking and feeling persons as individuals or in groups, use conscious awareness and choice to create human and environmental integration” (Jones & Bartlett, 2010). The adaptation level represents life processes and are described by Roy in three levels: integrated, compensatory, and compromised life processes. Roy’s Adaptation Model uses coping processes, both innate (genetically acquired) and acquired (learned or developed) to adapt in a manner that achieves optimal health and well being. Roy’s goal for her adaptation model is for the person to maintain integrity while dealing with environmental stimuli. The Roy Adaptation Model consists of and revolves around four main concepts: person, environment, health, and nursing.

Theory’s Historical background: Roy’s Adaptation Model was first initiated and published in 1970 as a basis of curriculum at Mt. Saint Mary’s College. Her adaptation model was developed when she was challenged by Dorothy Johnson in a seminar to develop a conceptual model for nursing. Roy was a graduate student at the time, and was enrolled at the University of California-Los Angeles. The Roy Adaptation Model is currently one of the most widely used models in nursing to further develop and define nursing practice. The model is used by hundreds of thousands of nurses in countries all over the world.

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