Researchers have described RAM as a potentially helpful
model for health educators and investigators and one that
can be applied to all fields of nursing; at the same time, it
supports increasing patient adaptation levels through nursing activities in health and disease (Tolson & McIntosh 1996, Whittemore & Roy 2002, Erci 2005, Pearson et al. 2005, Alligood 2006, Barone et al. 2008, Dobratz 2008).