Callista Roy

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Callista Lorraine Roy (born October 14, 1939 in Los Angeles ) is an American nursing theorist and professor . She developed the adaptation theory and the care model based on it .

Life

Callista Roy was born in Los Angeles, the second of fourteen children to Pirth Hemenway and Fabien Roy. She entered the congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and was henceforth usually called "Sister Roy". She first studied nursing science at Mount Saint Mary's College in Los Angeles , then worked as a ward nurse and in the administration of St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson , Arizona and St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewiston , Idaho. She continued her studies at the University of California, Los Angeles , from which she graduated with a Master of Science degree in Pediatric Nursing . It was followed by a MA -Studies of sociology and doctorate , also in Los Angeles. Postdoctoral studies as a Post Doc Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco in neuroscientific nursing followed. As part of her work as a lecturer, she has taught at the Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Mexico, Lund University in Sweden and the Universidad de Concepción in Chile. She now teaches at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College .

In addition to the further development and research of the theoretical and philosophical basis of the adaptation model she has developed, Roy also deals with concepts from the epistemological theory of nursing within the framework of the Roy Adaptation Association .

Honors

The American Academy of Nursing and the Massachusetts Registered Nurses Association recognized Callista Roy as a Living Legend in 2007 . She has received four honorary doctorates and a number of awards.

Publications

Roy has authored over 130 academic articles and publications, including eleven books translated into twelve languages, including The Roy Adaptation Model , Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice, and Conceptual Models for Nursing practice .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Living Legends. American Academy of Nursing, archived from the original on July 6, 2009 ; accessed on January 3, 2010 (English).
  2. ↑ An excerpt from her publications can be found at Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN. In: Connell School of Nursing. The Trustees of Boston College, January 28, 2009; accessed January 3, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Roy, Callista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roy, Callista Lorraine; Roy, Callista Sr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American nursing theorist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , USA