Callista Roy

What is Callista Roy's theory?

• Callista Roy's Behavioral Model
• Callista Roy's Nursing Theory
• Callista Roy's Health Promotion Model
• Callista Roy's Adaptation Model.

When was Callista Roy born? and where?

• January 1, 1940
• October 14, 1939/ Los Angeles California

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• March 5, 1938
• December 25, 1941

Career

Developed the Adaptation Model for nursing during her graduate studies (1964-1966)

• Operationalized the model at Mount Saint Mary's College (1968)

• Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary's College (until 1982)

• Professor at Mount Saint Mary's College and the University of Portland (1983)

• Resident Nurse Theorist at Boston College School of Nursing (1987-present)

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What did she research and contribute?

• She researched and contributed to advancements in space exploration technologies.
• She researched and contributed to traditional fossil fuel extraction methods.
• ·Researched nursing interventions for cognitive recovery in head injuries and the influence of nursing models on clinical decision making

• Founded the Boston Based Adaptation Research in Nursing Society (BBARNS) in 1991, later renamed the Roy Adaptation Association

What is the Adaptation Theory model aiming for?

• For the coping processes and provided care for the patient

• explain or define the provision of nursing science.

• Sister Callista Roy’s model sees the individual as a set of interrelated systems that maintain a balance between various stimuli.

• For recovery and equilibrium

humans are HOLISTIC beings that are in CONSTANT CHANGE with their environment. Humans use a system of adaptation, both innate and acquired, to respond to the environmental stimuli they experience.

• - Callista Roy

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• ENVIRONMENT

The environment is defined as conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect humans’ development and behavior as an adaptive system.

• ENVIRONMENT

• PERSON

defined as the state where humans can continually adapt to stimuli. Because illness is a part of life, health results from a process where health and illness can coexist.

• ENVIRONMENT

• HEALTH

• NURSING

• PERSON

The environment is defined as conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect humans’ development and behavior as an adaptive system.

• ENVIRONMENT

• HEALTH

• NURSING

What are the 3 stimuli?

• Histar Stimuli

• • Focal Stimuli

• • Contextual Stimuli

• • Residual Stimuli