RAM has greatly influenced nursing profession. RAM focuses on the concept of adaptation of individuals todifferent environmental stimuli. Nurses have a unique role to promote health in each of the four adaptive modesthrough managing the environment. Because of its generalizability, practicality, and testability; RAM is one of themost frequently used models that guides nursing research. Ten studies that utilized different concepts andpropositions of RAM were discussed. The four adaptive modes and the three environmental stimuli were the mostconcepts used among these studies.