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P R E S E N T E D B Y:
RITTIKA DAS NEOGI
1STYEAR M.SC NURSING
‘ADAPTATION IS VIEWED AS THE PROCESS
AND OUTCOME WHEREBY THINKING AND
FEELING PERSONS AS INDIVIDUALS OR IN
GROUPS, USE CONSCIOUS AWARENESS AND
CHOICE TO CREATE HUMAN AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION.’
Individual has mutual relationships with the world and God.
God is revealed in the diversity of creation
Within a culture, central culture will influence the elements of the Roy
Adaptation.
Cultural expressions of the elements of Model may lead to changes in
practice activities like nursing assessment.
System: Parts which are interconnected and interdependent to form a unity. The system is
characterized by inputs, outputs, control and feedback processes.
Adaptation: Adaptation is the process and outcome where by thinking and feeling
individuals or groups use conscious awareness and choice to create human - environmental
integration.
Adaptation problems: Adaptation problem means the occurrence of a state due to
inadequate responses to meet deficit.
Major Concepts of Roy's Adaptation Model
Categories
-Focal stimuli: The internal or external stimuli which immediately confront
the individual’s awareness and consciousness.
-Contextual stimuli: Contextual stimuli are all other stimuli that contribute to the effect of
the focal stimuli. Stimuli influence how people deal with the focal stimuli.
-Residual stimuli: Residual stimuli are environmental factors within or outside the human
system. These factors though effect on behavior.
Major Concepts of Roy's Adaptation Model
Levels of Adaptation: Adaptation level of an individual represents the condition of life process.
-Integrated process: The modes and subsystems meet the needs of the environment forming a
stable process (e.g. spiritual realization, breathing, successful relationship).
-Compensatory process: The cognator and regulator are challenged by the needs of the
environment, but trying to meet the needs (e.g. starting with a new job, grief, compensatory
breathing).
-Compromised process: The various modes and subsystems are not sufficiently meeting the
environmental challenge (e.g. unresolved loss, hypoxia, abusive relationships).
Major Concepts of Roy's Adaptation Model
Levels of Adaptation
Integrated to Compensatory
An integrated life process may change to compensatory process where
attempt is made to re-establish adaptation.
Compensatory to Compromised
If the compensatory process are not adequate then result is compromised.
Major Concepts of Roy's Adaptation Model
the body attempts to cope through Neural, Chemical and Endocrine coping channels.
oStimuli from environment act as inputs through the senses to the nervous system.
oIt affects the fluid, electrolyte, acid-base balance and endocrine system.
oThis information is all channeled automatically.
oThe body produces an Automatic – Unconscious Response to it.
Major Concepts of Roy's Adaptation Model
Adaptive Modes: Through the adaptive modes the responses to & interaction
with the environment can be carried out and adaptation can be observed. There are 4
adaptive modes:
a) Physiologic – Physical Mode
b) Self-concept – Group-identity Mode
c) The Role Function Mode
d) The Interdependence Mode
Physiologic Physical Mode
Body Sensation: How the individual experiences the physical self.
Body image: How the individual views the physical self.
Self-consistency: Individual’s efforts to maintain self-organization.
Self-ideal or expectancy: Represents what the individual expects to be and to do.
Moral-ethical-spiritual self: Represents individual’s belief system and self-
evaluation.
Role Function Mode
It focuses on the role of the person in the society and group within.
The basic underlying need is Social Integrity. It includes:
a)
Primary role: It determines the majority of individual's behaviors and is defined by the individual's
sex, age, and developmental stages.
b)Secondary role: It includes to carry out the tasks required by the stages of development and primary
role.
c)Tertiary role: These roles are temporary, feely chosen, and may include activities related to hobbies.
Interdependence Mode
It includes behaviour towards interdependent relationships like giving and receiving of
love, respect and value.
The basic underlying need is relational integrity and feeling of security in the
interdependent relationship.
It includes 2 specific relationships:
a) Relationship with significant others
b) Relationship with support systems
Propositions of Roy Adaptation Model
Stimuli from internal and external environment serves as inputs to the nervous
system which produces automatic unconscious response.
Stimuli and adaptation level serve as input to human adaptive systems.
One must make adaptations to accommodate new environmental requirements.
The internal and external stimuli influence behavioural responses.
Nursing Practice
The Roy adaptation model is one of most frequently used conceptual frameworks
used to guide nursing practice.
Senesce (2003): This model can be used by individual nurse to understand, plan
and direct nursing practice in the care of individual patients.
Villarreal (2003): applied this model in caring of young women who were
contemplating smoking cessation.
Newman (1997): used the model to caregivers of chronically ill family
members.
Application of the Theory
Nursing Education
Roy suggests this model helps to clarify objectives, identifies content
and specifies patterns for teaching and learning.
This model provides nursing educators a systemic way of teaching students to
assess and care for patients within the context of their lives rather than just as
victims of illness.
In the early 1980's the School of Nursing at the University of
Ottawa experienced a major curriculum change by incorporating this model as
base to their new curriculum.
Application of the Theory
Nursing Research
This model is used in knowledge development.
Young-McCaughan (2003) by using Roy's Adaptation Model studied the effect of
a structured aerobic exercise tolerance, sleep patterns and quality of life in
patients with cancer.
Bournaki (1997) by using Roy's adaptation model studied Pain related
responses to venipuncture in school-age children.
Nursing Process and the Roy Adaptation Model
Roy specifically stresses that the nursing process is ongoing and continuous.
Roy states regarding nursing process that ‘Nurses rely on intuitive skills to assess and
initiate interventions.”
Goal Setting
It involves clear statement of the behavioural outcomes of nursing care.
The goal is to promote client's adaptation process through nursing care.
Roy also suggests to provide time frame in which the goal is to be attained.
Implementation
Evaluation focuses on judging the effectiveness of the nursing intervention in
relation to the behaviour of the individual.
To determine if the adaptive goals have been met, the nurse uses the same skills
as were employed in the assessment phase of the process – observation,
intuition, measurement and interviewing.
Clinical Application of the Theory
Physiologic-Physical Mode
Oxygenation
- His capillary refill time delayed and Dorsalis pedis pulsation of affected limp is not
palpable.
Nutrition:
-On diabetic diet, complaints of anorexia since admission.
Elimination:
- He complaints of constipation since 3 days.
Activity:
- Activity reduced now due to wound in right leg, walking with the help of crutches,
complaints of pain, needs assistance in activities.
First Level Assessment
Physiologic-Physical Mode
Senses:
-Because of neuropathy, he has reduced touch and pain sensation in the lower periphery.
Fluids and Electrolytes:
-Serum electrolyte values are within normal limit, RBS is 300 mg/dl.
Neurological Function:
-He is very anxious about the disease condition and his family’s future.
Endocrine function:
-Due to DM he is on insulin since 9 years.
First Level Assessment
Focal Stimulus
- Non-healing wound leading to amputation, which is the cause of
hospitalization.
- Repeated hospital stay.
- Suffering from non-healing wound since considerable period.
- Ineffective treatment regimen.
Second Level Assessment
Contextual Stimuli
He is a known case diabetes mellitus for past 12 years.
He is not in habit of wearing footwear in house and premises.
Residual Stimuli
- He suffered from Tuberculosis 5 years back. His mother was diabetic. He is a
graduate in economies, so no special knowledge regarding health matters.
Nursing Process
Clarity: The concept is logical, but the development of definitions are inadequate.
It is difficult to understand.