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A 5 page critique of Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Model (RAM) of nursing. The writer provides a general overview and description of the RAM before providing critical appraisal. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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allow this adaptation to occur (Simms and Ennen, 2011). The following examination of RAM offers an overview and description of this theoretical perspective before presenting critical appraisal and discussion of
its implementation into the clinical environment of Medical-Surgical sub-acute nursing. Overview In response to a challenge presented by her instructor at the time, Dorothy E. Johnson, Roy began development
of her model in 1964 (Phillips, 2010). It was published in 1970 and has been re-conceptualized to fit the parameters of the twenty-first century. The RAM is a highly flexible,
practical framework that can be utilized within a variety of nursing environments to meet the needs of patients suffering from acute, chronic or terminal illness. Description Purpose: Nursing practice
within the RAM perspective endeavors to determine the factors that promote or hinder the adaptation of individuals to their environments, and provide appropriate interventions that address these conditions (Phillips, 2010).
Concepts/Definitions: Roys perspective sees the individual and society as connected within the framework of cosmic unity, that is, that all people share common patterns, which include "a mutuality of relations
and meaning" (McCurry, Revell and Roy, 2010, p. 45). In addition to Roys conceptualization of facilitating adaptation as the primary goal of nursing, other major concepts include her conceptualization of
the nursing paradigm of "Person" as it is perceived as an adaptive system, and "Environment" as it pertain to providing the stimuli that propels the need for adaptation ("Roys," 2012).
Roy defines "Health" in terms of a "persons total well-being" and the maintenance of "human integrity" (Roy and Andrews, 1999, p. 4). "Nursing" is defined as the health care profession
that "focuses on human life processes and patterns," while emphasizing the "promotion of health for individuals, families, groups and society as a whole" (Roy and Andrews, 1999, p 4).
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