Pre-amputation assessment using Roy's Adaptation Model

This article describes the use of Roy's Adaptation Model as a framework for the assessment of a 69-year-old man undergoing a right below-knee amputation. The model recognizes that individuals are subject to internal and external stressors which can lead to adaptive or ineffective responses. The...

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Published inBritish journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing) Vol. 7; no. 9; p. 536
Main Author Dawson, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.05.1998
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living
Adaptation, Psychological
Aged
Amputation - nursing
Amputation - psychology
Humans
Leg - surgery
Male
Models, Nursing
Nursing Assessment - methods
Nursing Diagnosis
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
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Summary:This article describes the use of Roy's Adaptation Model as a framework for the assessment of a 69-year-old man undergoing a right below-knee amputation. The model recognizes that individuals are subject to internal and external stressors which can lead to adaptive or ineffective responses. The practitioner can help the patient to make adaptive responses to these stimuli through nursing interventions. The components of the model are illustrated using the patient as a case study. A comprehensive assessment in the four adaptive modes (physiological, self-concept, role function and interdependence) is undertaken and nursing diagnoses are made.
ISSN:0966-0461
DOI:10.12968/bjon.1998.7.9.5696