Sister Calista Roy - Adaptation theory

The Adaptation Theory

Five Interrelated Essential Elements (Walden University, 2011).

1. Patiency- The person receiving care
2. Goal of nursing- Adapting to change
3. Health-Being and becoming a whole person
4. Environment
5. Direction of nursing activities- Facilitating adaptation

• The person is an open adaptive system with input (stimuli), who adapts by processes or control mechanisms (throughput)
• The output can be either adaptive responses or ineffective responses

What does this mean to you? Hear what Sister Calista Roy has to say.

Roy's Adaptation Model Cartoon style from http://www.youtube.com/

Make sure you read your assigned chapters for tomorrows class. Be prepared to stand up in front of the class and demonstrate the application of Roy's model on a pretend patient.


References

(2011). Roy's Adaptation. Retreived from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jbF-MrZY4.

Walden University (2011). Nursing Theorist. Retreived from http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/nursing_theorists.html.