Nursing Assignment: Applying Roy Adaptation & Neuman System's Models

This nursing assignment analyzes the case of Sgt. Eddie, a patient with a traumatic brain injury and a broken leg, through the lens of the Roy Adaptation Model and the Neuman System's Model. The assignment explores how the Roy Adaptation Model can be applied to provide effective treatment and incorporate the patient's values, focusing on the six steps of the model. It discusses the concept of self-concept in relation to Sgt. Eddie's condition and the importance of patient interaction within the care process. The assignment also identifies and categorizes stressors affecting Sgt. Eddie according to the Neuman System's Model, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, and extrapersonal stressors, and outlines a plan of care considering physiological, psychological, spiritual, socio-cultural, and developmental aspects. The assignment references several research articles to support the application of these nursing models in patient care.

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Answer 1
As per the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing, health is termed as the primary and
inevitable aspect of human life that helps to develop a connection between the health and
illness (Martinel et al., 2016). In this case study, Sgt. Eddie is unable to understand the
complexity of his health condition, and it was observed that he is hoping that the doctors
would provide him clearance to work, however, his health condition is severe as he is
suffering from a traumatic brain injury and a broken leg. Hence, in such condition, the patient
should be provided with effective treatment, application of Roy Adaptation Model would
help the nursing professionals to six steps of adaptation model and they would be able to
include the patient in the critical care method (Turner & Kaylor, 2015). Further, with the
application of the patient’s personal values and opinions, the implicit assumptions of the Roy
Adaptation Model would be implemented in the care process.
Answer 2
Self-concept is the theory, as per which it is the individual’s belief and thought about
themselves and mentions of the personal attribute of the person that makes them feel what
they are in person (Saini et al., 2017). After the severe accident of Sgt. Eddie, his self-concept
made him think that he is suffering from minimal injury and with time he would be able to
overcome his health condition (Alimohammadi et al., 2015). However, his traumatic brain
injury and multiple fractures in the leg would require further care and treatment and hence,
with the application of adaptation model of nursing, the patient would be able to understand
the importance and complexity of his care process (Roy, 2018). Application of the Roy
Adaptation Model of nursing in the case of Sgt. Eddie, nurses would be able to evoke the
passiveness of the social, emotional and psychological aspects and hence, the patient would
be able to receive extended healthcare interventions.

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Answer 3
While implementing the Roy Adaptation Model in the healthcare process of Sgt.
Eddie, patient interaction has been provided with higher importance and as per
Alimohammadi et al. (2015), it helps the patients to overcome their mental complications.
Further, it was also observed that with the application of Roy Adaptation Model in the care
process helps the patient to maintain their health with the application of three aspects of the
environment such as focal, contextual and residual. Hence this would help to develop the
behavior of the patient and make him stable to the care interventions.
Answer 4
The Neuman System’s Model and associated stressors that could be identified from
the case study of Sgt. Eddie is intrapersonal, interpersonal and extrapersonal. The
intrapersonal stressors associated with the Sgt. Eddie was his emotions for his friend Joe and
his feelings for his affected health condition (Memmott et al., 2017). Besides this, it was
observed that his expectations were that he would be able to overcome his health condition
rapidly and hence, this was the interpersonal stress associated with his health condition.
Finally, the patient was concerned about his job and hoped that he would be able to join his
duty in few days, hence as per Turner and Kaylor (2015) this was the extrapersonal aspect
associated with his health condition. While developing a plan of care for Sgt. Eddie with
respect to the Neuman System’s Model, the primary aspect that should be mentioned is the
application of physiological, psychological, spiritual, socio-cultural and developmental aspect
of care so that effective care could be conducted in the care process of Sgt. Eddie (Memmott
et al., 2015).

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References
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based on Roy adaptation model biological dimension on stroke patients’ physiologic
adaptation level. Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research, 20(2), 275.
Martinel, N., Das, A., Micheloni, C., & Roy-Chowdhury, A. K. (2016, October). Temporal
model adaptation for person re-identification. In European Conference on Computer
Vision(pp. 858-877). Springer, Cham.
Memmott, R. J., Marett, K. M., Bott, R. L., & Duke, L. (2017). Use of the Neuman Systems
Model for interdisciplinary teams. Online journal of rural nursing and health
care, 1(2), 58-73.
Roy, C. (2018). Spiritualty Based on the Roy Adaptation Model for Use in Practice, Teaching
and Research. Aquichan, 18(4), 393-394.
Saini, N., Sharma, V., Arora, S., & Khan, F. (2017). Roy’s Adaptation Model: Effect of care
on pediatric patients. Int J Nurs Midwifery Res, 4(1), 52-60.
Turner, S. B., & Kaylor, S. D. (2015). Neuman systems model as a conceptual framework for
nurse resilience. Nursing science quarterly, 28(3), 213-217.