PP Presentor notes for Conceptual Nursing Models
Slide 1 – This is Sister Calista Roy. Sister Roy’s Adaptation Model, referred to as RAM, was developed in 1960, but she continued to expand her conceptual model through the years. In the following slides, we will visit some of the main components of Sister Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing Concept. We have discussed the many different conceptual nursing models that affect the way we approach how we treat our patients. As a group, we selected Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) because it is the model we all most identify with.
When assessing the various conceptual models, we found that RAM, when utilized used as an assessment tool, is an excellent concept in how to address or patients as whole individuals as opposed to just an illness or diagnosis. It helps nurses to consider all of the factors that may be affecting the patient, whether they are contributing to the loss of health or being capable in assisting to regain health. In the following slides, we will show how to utilize RAM in assessing the patient, identifying nursing diagnoses and factors affecting the patient’s health, and creating nursing care plans and appropriate goals based on this information. Ultimately, the goal is for us as nurses to identify what’s wrong and how we can effectively assist the patient in making changes to fix it. The RAM helps to encompass all of the factors affecting this process, not just the physical ones.
Slide 2 - The RAM conceptual model recognizes the individual as having bio-psychosocial components that affect their health. The nurse encourages and aides in assisting adaptation to these individual components by modifying external stimuli. The 4 ways a person adapts according to the RAM are:
1. Physiological – The basic physical needs required for survival. (E.g. food, water, oxygen, etc.).
2. Self-Concept – This is how a person sees themselves or how they perceive themselves in the presence of other people in their environment.
3. Role Function – This refers to how a
When assessing the various conceptual models, we found that RAM, when utilized used as an assessment tool, is an excellent concept in how to address or patients as whole individuals as opposed to just an illness or diagnosis. It helps nurses to consider all of the factors that may be affecting the patient, whether they are contributing to the loss of health or being capable in assisting to regain health. In the following slides, we will show how to utilize RAM in assessing the patient, identifying nursing diagnoses and factors affecting the patient’s health, and creating nursing care plans and appropriate goals based on this information. Ultimately, the goal is for us as nurses to identify what’s wrong and how we can effectively assist the patient in making changes to fix it. The RAM helps to encompass all of the factors affecting this process, not just the physical ones.
Slide 2 - The RAM conceptual model recognizes the individual as having bio-psychosocial components that affect their health. The nurse encourages and aides in assisting adaptation to these individual components by modifying external stimuli. The 4 ways a person adapts according to the RAM are:
1. Physiological – The basic physical needs required for survival. (E.g. food, water, oxygen, etc.).
2. Self-Concept – This is how a person sees themselves or how they perceive themselves in the presence of other people in their environment.
3. Role Function – This refers to how a