Week 8: Course Reflection and Future Application
Week 8: Course Reflection and Future Application
Week 8: Course Reflection and Future Application
I will say that after discussion and familiarization with nursing theories, it was a great experience to know that I will be able to support my daily clinical practice form now and continue after completing the degree I am currently pursuing Family Nurse Practitioner. I believe that nursing is both a science and an art that allows us to see the uniqueness in individuals. All theories I have learnt are useful for guiding my intended nursing practice, but I will say that the one I prefer is Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) nursing theory. Nursing practice benefits from the application of this theory if we appreciate how practical this theory is, particularly in OB/GYN nursing practice. I have been working in this area for a few years and I certainly would like to continue in primary care empowering women with knowledge preventing health issues that may affect their health and quality of life. Healthcare is a very dynamic field and therefore it is crucial that all healthcare team and even patients are ready and able to adapt to all changes brought about by new technology and research when dealing with diseases and preventative health care.
According to Matarin Jimenez et al (2017) Roy recognized the individual as a composite and living adaptation system made of internal processes such as regulator and cognitive, which operates to maintain adaptive capability in the four modes of adaptation namely physiological, self-esteem, role function, and interdependence. Confronted with the stimuli from the environment, the individual comes up with responses that can be adaptive or not. In the environment there are focal stimuli, such as age, that influence to the effect of that focal stimuli, with unclear role on behaviors.
It is of paramount importance that current and proven scientific knowledge is provided to women, so they will be able to make informed decision and to adjust and change unhealthy to new and healthy behavior in order to promote and maintain their health. Some women need to change their mind set and apply the new information passed on to them in order to promote women’s health and change their way of thinking regarding pap smear and sexual habits. Patients also need to change their diet dramatically to be able to comply with the cervical cancer screening as they are recommended.
In my future role as a family nurse practitioner I intend to manage patient’s chronic conditions, but also women’s health issues and I envision continuing to use Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) nursing theory at a higher level and in a broader sense while caring for those patient under my clinical practice.
Roy’s adaptation theory is used to adapt to the new diet and lifestyles for this population to get the benefits of ketogenic diet. Strict self-discipline is needed to adapt to this diet. As a primary healthcare provider, appropriate education is needed to make patients know the rationale behind the strict diet, so that patients will be able to comply accordingly.
Primary care nurse practitioners also need to check the patients regularly, so the patients can adapt to ketogenic diet along with intermittent diet without having hypoglycemic complications. Patients who can adapt and incorporate the changes to their life can have meaningful and improved quality of life. Those who cannot adapt to the changes will face deteriorating health problems and it would endanger their lives. Roy’s adaptation theory is helpful for any patient to adapt to evidence-based practice that meet patient’s specific healthcare needs. Nurses and the healthcare providers can utilize this theory to help and educate patients for a smooth transition of adopting new life styles for better patient outcomes. The fundamental goal of nursing is to help a person adapt to their environment (Kaul & Mahal, 2013).
Roy identi-
fied the person as a complex and living adaptation system
composed of internal processes (regulator and cognitive),
which acts to maintain adaptive capacity in the four modes
of adaptation (physiological, self-esteem, role function and
interdependence). Faced with stimuli from the environment,
the person produces answers that can be adaptive or not. In
the environment there are focal stimuli, defined as the
external or internal situations that the person has to face;
contextual stimuli, such as age, that contribute to the effect
of focal stimuli and residual stimuli, with unclear role on
behaviours (Roy & Andrews 1999, Roy 2009).
The SAM has been used as a theoretical fra
Roy identi-
fied the person as a complex and living adaptation system
composed of internal processes (regulator and cognitive),
which acts to maintain adaptive capacity in the four modes
of adaptation (physiological, self-esteem, role function and
interdependence). Faced with stimuli from the environment,
the person produces answers that can be adaptive or not. In
the environment there are focal stimuli, defined as the
external or internal situations that the person has to face;
contextual stimuli, such as age, that contribute to the effect
of focal stimuli and residual stimuli, with unclear role on
behaviours (Roy & Andrews 1999, Roy 2009).
The SAM has been used as a theoretical fra
Reference
Kaur, H. and Mahal, R. (2013). Development of nursing assessment tool: An application of roy’s adaptation theory. International Journal of Nursing Education, 5(1), 60-64. doi:10.5958/j.0974- 9357.5.1.015. retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/openview/648c83f88ae76fa8cc16a2c4315d1030/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2028904Links to an external site.
Matarín Jiménez,T. M,. Fernández-Sola, C., Hernández-Padilla, J. M., Correa Casado, M., Antiaquera Raynal, L. H., & Granadao-Molina, J. (2017). Perceptions about the sexuality of women with fibromyalgia syndrome: a phenomenological study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(7), 1646-1656. DOI:10.1111/jan.13262. retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1111/jan.13262/epdfLinks to an external site.