1. Sister Callista Roy:
ADAPTATION MODEL

2. Sister Callista Roy
 Born 1939-present
 Member of the Sister of Saint Joseph of
Carondelet
 BSN,MSN,Master of Doctorate of
Sociology
 Professor,clinical nurse scholar,nurse
theorist,author

3. Becoming of the Model
 While working on masters, was mentored
by Dorothy Johnson
 Challenged to develop a conceptual
model
 Roy noticed the resiliency of children and
change
 Intrigued by adaptation becoming the
eventual framework

4. Becoming of the Model
cont
 1968:Operationalization
 1970:Literature debut
 1977:Model presentation

5. Basis of Adaptation
Model
 Harry Helson
 Rapoport definition
.Combination become definition of a
person as an adaptive system
.Dohrenwend,Lazarus,Mechanic,and Selye
.Biological,and behavioral sciences
.Underpinnings Johnson`s behavioral
model

6. Statement of Theory
 “The goal of nursing is to promote
adaptation for individuals ang groups in
each of the four adaptive modes,thus
contributing to health quality of life,and
dignity with dying”