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This paper paper applies the Calista Roy nursing practice model to the care of elderly Alzheimer's patients. The paper begins by discussing the five major concepts of nursing, according to the model. Next the paper evaluates the impact of both internal and external environments on patient care. Finally, the paper discusses how the burden of care for Alzheimer's patients most often falls on family members and asks whether the Calista Roy model might alleviate this burden.

Tags:Calista Roy, Adaptation Nursing Model Alzheimer's Disease

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This paper is a combination of two small papers, one two-page document on the life of nursing theorist Dr. Imogene King with one page on her life and one page on her theory of Goal Attainment, and the second two page document following the same format on Dr. Calista Roy, developer of the Roy Adaptation Model. Current research is cited for both.

From the Paper
"Nursing theorists Dr. Imogene King received her Doctorate of Education in 1961 from Teacher's College at Columbia University, however she started out her nursing career in 1945, receiving a "diploma," probably equivalent to what we would considered a certification to be today, from St. John's Hospital of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri (Orlando, 2005). A more formal Bachelors of Nursing degree was obtained from the same university in 1948 as was her masters of science in nursing in 1957 (Orlando, 2005). Dr. King focused her professional career in academia rather teaching at..."

Tags:nursing, theorist, roy

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The nursing philosophy or model of Sister Calista Roy focuses on the individual (person) as a biopsychosocial adaptive system. According to Roy, nursing is a discipline that emphasizes strengthening, expanding and improving upon the person's coping abilities for the purpose of enhancing the patient's wellness or health. This paper describes the theory and provides reasons for why it was chosen for review and analysis. The paper then goes on to discuss the development, meaning, logical adequacy, usefulness, completeness and testability of the adaptation model.

From the Paper
"It should be understood that the Roy Adaptation Model attempts nothing less than that of providing a theoretical framework for use by educators, researchers, and practitioners, for the purpose of validating a scientific foundation for nursing as a profession. This is, at best, an extremely challenging task and, as might be expected, the model has not only been refined and expanded upon many times, further expansion and refinement is expected in the future (Roy, 1997). In general, it must be noted that there is a need for intense study of the language and ideas behind Roy's Adaptation Model to fully understand it."

Tags:Erick, Erickson, Hans, Seyle, Maslow

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In this article, the writer notes that while studying under Dorothy Johnson at University of California Los Angeles in 1964, Sr. Roy proposed that the goal of nursing was promoting patient adaptation. The writer discusses that in order to achieve patient adaptation Sr. Roy believed that there needed to be a specific problem solving system that all nurses would follow. Sr. Roy's problem solving approach was centered on the gathering of data, identifying the needs of the human adaptive system, selecting and implementing the best type of nursing care and evaluation of the care provided.

From the Paper
""The model provides a way of thinking about people and their environment that is useful in any setting. It helps one prioritize care and challenges the nurse to move the patient from survival to transformation." Sr. Calista Roy. The above quote by Sr. Calista Roy demonstrates her belief that nursing is a way of life, a way of looking at the environment around you and manipulating that environment to get the most out of it. There are 5 interrelated essential elements in Sr. Calista Roy's theory of ..."

Tags:patient, care, outcome

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This paper explores the various reasons many celebrities and athletes develop eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. The writer of this paper contends that although the causes for anorexia and bulimia are the same for celebrities as everyone else, celebrities are more prone to eating disorders due to intense pressure from the media to aspire to "perfection." The public's attitude towards female celebrities is defined by the media, which puts enormous pressure on celebrities to achieve and maintain an unattainable look. This paper examines the eating disorders of several celebrities including Paula Abdul, Karen Carpenter and Calista Flockhart. This paper also contains a brief yet concise overview of anorexia and bulimia, which includes the symptoms, causes and treatments for these disorders.

From the Paper
"Denial is a large part of any neurosis. By emphasizing Ally McBeal's attitude towards an obvious weight problem, the network belittles the problem, and in effect says it is cool to extremely skinny all this talk of Anorexia and Bulimia is silly. One of the problems for Paula Abdul was peer pressure and poor role models. Abdul fit the mold for eating disorders. She was a portly young girl who loved ballet and wished to look like her peers. The exact cause of anorexia varies in different patients. There are many factors to take into consideration. "A number of factors, including cultural and family pressures, chemical imbalances, and emotional and personality disorders collaborate to produce both anorexia and bulimia, although each disorder is determined by different combinations of these influences. "

Tags:media, perception, society, pressure, calista, flockhart, paula, abdul

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This paper examines childhood obesity. The paper includes statistical data retrieved from various reputable health organizations and discusses the importance of various theoretical approaches to this clinical issue. Dorothea Orem's self care theory, Sister Calista Roy's adaptation model and Nola Pender's health promotion model are used as a theoretical approach to childhood obesity.

From the Paper
"Approximately 30.3 percent of children (ages 6 to 11) are overweight and 15.3 percent are obese. For adolescents (ages 12 to 19), 30.4 percent are overweight and 15.5 percent are obese. Excess weight in childhood and adolescence has been found to predict overweight in adults. Overweight children, aged 10 to 14, with at least one overweight or obese parent were reported to have a 79 percent likelihood of overweight persisting into adulthood. There are many causes of obesity and although genetics plays a role it does not account for the increase in the number of obese children over the past few decades."

Tags:adaptation, model, obesity, promotion, medical, fat, children

Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of Sister Calista Roy's conceptual model for nursing, usually referred to as the adaptation model. The analysis describes the theory and provides reasons for why it was chosen for review and analysis. The paper then goes on to discuss the development, meaning, logical adequacy, usefulness, completeness, and testability of the adaptation model.

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"Concept Analysis Paper
Introduction
This paper presents an analysis of Sister Calista Roy's conceptual model for nursing, usually referred to as the adaptation model. The analysis describes the theory and provides reasons for why it was chosen for review and analysis. The paper then goes on to discuss the development, meaning, logical adequacy, usefulness, completeness, and testability of the adaptation model.


Description of Theory and Reason for choosing
The nursing philosophy or model of Sister Calista Roy (see: Roy, 1997) focuses on the individual (person) as a biopsychosocial adaptive system. According to Roy (1997) nursing is a discipline that emphasizes strengthening, expanding, and..."