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Adaptation Model
 

Sister Callista Roy
RN, Ph.D, FAAN
Professor & Nurse Theorist
William F. Connell School of Nursing
Boston College
Massachusetts

 


The major concepts are the person or group as an adaptive system; the environment as internal and external stimuli; health as being and becoming whole and integrated; and nursing as the art and science of promoting adaptation. The philosophic and scientific assumptions are basic underlying concepts. The model aims to direct nursing practice, research and education. The widespread us of the model in each of these areas is well documented, for example, in all areas of practice, all levels of education, and in quantitative and qualitative research.
Dr. Roy is best known for developing and continually updating the Roy Adaptation Model as a framework for theory, practice, and research in nursing. Two recent publications that Dr. Roy considers of great significance are The Roy Adaptation Model (second edition) written with Heather Andrews (Appleton & Lange) and The Roy Adaptation Model-Based Research: Twenty-five Years of Contributions to Nursing Science being published as a research monograph by Sigma Theta Tau.

"The model provides a way of thinking about people and their environment that is useful in any setting. It helps one prioritize care and challenges the nurse to move the patient from survival to transformation." Sr. Calista Roy

 

Website:
  • Callista Roy. Nurse Theorist Page - Boston College.
  • Roy Adaptation Association - "Bridging nursing practice and knowledge" The Roy Adaptation Association (RAA) is a society of nursing scholars who seek to advance nursing practice by developing basic and clinical nursing knowledge based on the Roy Adaptation Model. Founded in 1991, membership to the association has recently been extended to the public. Students, clinicians, scholars, researchers, and institutions are encouraged to join.
     
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Selected Publications:

  • Roy, C. (1970). Adaptation: A conceptual framework for nursing. Nursing Outlook, 18(3), 42-45.

    Mastall, M. F., & Hammond, H. (1980). Analysis and expansion of the Roy adaptation model: A contribution to holistic nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 2(4), 71-81.

  • Hammer, J. B. (1989). Applying the Roy adaptation model to the CCU. Critical Care Nurse, 9(3), 5-61.

    Roy, C., & Andrews, A. A. (1991). The Roy adaptation model: The definitive statement. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange.

  • Lutjens, L. R. J. (1995). Callista Roy: An adaptation model. In C. M. McQuiston & A. A. Webb (Eds.), Foundations of nursing theory: Contributions of 12 key theorists (pp. 89-138). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

  • Barone, S. H., & Roy, C. (1996). The Roy adaptation model in research: Rehabilitation nursing. In P. H. Walker & B. M. Neuman (Eds.), Blueprint for use of nursing models: Education, research, practice and administration (pp. 64-87). New York: National League for Nursing.

  • Tiedeman, M. E. (1996). Roy’s adaptation model. In J. J. Fitzpatrick & A. L. Whall (Eds.), Conceptual models of nursing: Analysis and application (3rd ed., pp. 153-181). Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange.

  • Phillips, K. D., Blue, C. L., Brubaker, K. M., Fine, J. M. B., Kirsch, M. J., Papazian, K. R., Riester, C. M., & Sobiech, M. A. (1998). Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation model. In A. M.Tomey & M. R. Alligood (Eds.), Nursing theorists and their work (pp. 243-266). St. Louis: Mosby.

  • Roy, C., & Andrews, A. A. (1999). The Roy adaptation model (2nd ed.). Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange.

  • Dixon, E. L. (1999). Community health nursing practice and the Roy Adaptation Model. Public Health Nursing, 16, 290-300.

  • Roy, C. (2000). A theorist envisions the future and speaks to nursing administrators. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 24(2), 1-12.

  • Roy, C. (2000). The visible and invisible fields that shape the future of the nursing care system. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 25(1), 119-131.

  • Hanna, D. R. & Roy, C. (2001). Roy Adaptation Model perspective on family. Nursing Science Quarterly, 14(1), 9-13.

   

 

 

Last Edited: Monday March 21, 2005

 
 

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