title: The Roy Adaptation Model: are nursing diagnoses amenable to independent nurse functions?
abstract: In this article, current knowledge of nursing diagnosis is compared to the assumptions of the Roy Adaptation Model for Nursing. More specifically the relationship between the aetiology component of diagnostic statements and stimuli is explored. Examples of nursing diagnoses from the literature are also presented to analyse the relationship between aetiologies and independent nurse functions.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011340:Problem Solving