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Origins of the Roys Adaptation Model

Philosophical claims.
Scientific Assumptions. Strategies for knowledge Development Influences from other scholars World view Major Elements of Roys Adaptation Model. The four adaptive modes.

Nursing activities and nursing process


Strengths And Weaknesses Of Roys Model

Origins of the Roys Adaptation Model


Dr. Roy credits her major influences in her

personal and professional growth to her family, her religious commitment, and her teachers. She earned a Bachelors degree in nursing at (1963) Mount St. Mary's College, in Los Angeles.

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She expanded her love and concern for children,

working in pediatric nursing and soon had the opportunity to enroll in a master's degree program in pediatric nursing at the University of California at Los Angeles (in 1966, she earned a masters degree in pediatric nursing and in sociology in 1975).

In 1966 she joined the faculty of Mount St. Mary's College, teaching both pediatric and maternity nursing and began organizing course content according to a view of the person and family as adaptive systems.

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In 1968, She began actively introducing her ideas

about Adaptation Framework to nursing as the philosophical basis of the baccalaureate nursing curriculum
Roy first published her conceptual model

titled Adaptation: A conceptual framework for nursing, in (1970). In (1971 and 1973) she published additional elements of model& implications for practice and education.

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She received input on the use of the model in

education and practice .By 1987 at least 100,000 nurses had been educated in programs using the Roy Adaptation Model.

She has also played a key role in at least 30

research projects. Her current clinical research continues her long-time interest in neuroscience. In 1985, she completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience science at California University.

Philosophical claims
In 1988, Roy published a major paper on her

philosophical assumptions which characterized by the general principles of humanism, holism, activity, creativity, purpose, value, mutuality and worth of human beings. (1987, 1988, 1989) has presented the Philosophical claims of the adaptation model in the form of scientific and philosophical assumptions and values about nursing.

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The scientific assumptions were drawn from

general system theory (Bertalanffy, 1968)and Helsons (1964) adaptation level theory The (general system ) theory assumption focused primarily on holism, interdependence, control processes and information feedback. Helson focused on all behavior as adaptive. This behavior is the function of both the stimulus coming in and the adaptation level.

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Roy (1992) explained that the model assumes the

universal importance of promoting adaptation in states of health and illness. (Fawcett, 1995).

By the late 1990s Roy re-defined adaptation for

the 21 Century. She drew upon expanded insights in relating spirituality and science to present a new definition of adaptation and related scientific and philosophical assumptions

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