Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing

Abstract

In looking at previous models of nursing, it has been emphasised that, in developing these, nurse theorists have frequently used existing theoretical insights from the biological and social sciences. Because of this, models of nursing often relate to more generally held perspectives about the causes of human behaviour. Such a characteristic is particularly true of the model of nursing devised by Roy (1980, 1984), which seeks to extend Helson’s (1964) concept of psychological adaptation to the field of nursing care.