Callista Roy

Sister Callista Roy, CSJ (born October 14, 1939) is an American nun, nursing theorist, professor and author. She is known for creating the adaptation model of nursing. She was a nursing professor at Boston College before retiring in 2017. Roy was designated as a 2007 Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing.[1]

Callista Roy
Born
Callista Lorraine Roy

(1939-10-14) October 14, 1939
EducationUCLA
Years active1963–present
Known forAdaptation model of nursing
Medical career
ProfessionNursing professor
InstitutionsBoston College
ResearchNursing theory

Education

Roy earned an undergraduate degree in nursing from Mount St. Mary's College in 1963, followed by a master's degree in nursing from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1966. She then earned master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from UCLA. She served as a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. She has been awarded four honorary doctorates.[2]

Career

Roy was Professor and Nursing Theorist at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. In 1991, she founded the Boston Based Adaptation Research in Nursing Society (BBARNS), which would later be renamed the Roy Adaptation Association. She has lectured across the United States and in more than thirty other countries. Late in her career, she studied the role of lay study partners in recovery from mild head injury.[2] She retired from Boston College in 2017 and moved back to California.[3]

She belonged to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.[4]

Roy Adaptation Model
Main article: Adaptation model of nursing

During her graduate studies, Roy was compelled by instructor Dorothy E. Johnson to write a conceptual model of nursing. The Roy Adaptation Model was first published in Nursing Outlook in 1970. In this model, humans (as individuals or in groups) are holistic, adaptive systems. The environment consists of internal and external stimuli that surround an individual or group. Health is seen as a sound, unimpaired condition leading to wholeness. Nursing's goal is to promote modes of adaptation that support overall health.

Four modes of adaptation support integrity: physiologic-physical, self-concept group identity, role function and interdependence. In applying Roy's model, the following steps may help to integrate it with the traditional nursing process: assessment of client behavior; assessment of stimuli; nursing diagnosis; goal setting; interventions; and evaluation.[4]

Honors and awards

Published works
  • Proposed: Nursing is a theoretical body of knowledge that prescribes analysis and action to care for an ill person.
  • Roy, C. (2009). "Assessment and the Roy Adaptation Model", The Japanese Nursing Journal, 29(11), 5-7.
  • Roy, C. (2008). "Adversity and theory: The broad picture", Nursing Science Quarterly, 21(2), 138-139.
  • Whittemore, R. & Roy, C. (2002). "Adapting to Diabetes Mellitus: A Theory Synthesis", Nursing Science Quarterly, 15(4), 311-317.

See also

References
  1. Living Legends, American Academy of Nursing, archived from the original on April 12, 2012, retrieved June 8, 2012
  2. "Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN - Boston College". Bc.edu. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  3. "Celebrating Sr. Callista Roy". www.bc.edu. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  4. Sitzman, Kathleen; Eichelberger, Lisa Wright (2011). Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning (2nd ed.). Jones and Bartlett Publishers. pp. 85–89. ISBN 978-1449656119.
  5. Oslin, Reid (May 11, 2006), "University Presents 2006 Faculty Awards", The Boston College Chronicle, archived from the original on 2010-06-02, retrieved June 10, 2012
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