In the Roy (Roy & Andrews, 1999) adaptation model, health was perceived “as a state
and a process of being and becoming an integrated and whole human being” (p. 54). The
goal of nursing is to promote health, in each of the four adaptive modes, by maintaining
adaptive responses and converting ineffective responses to adaptive ones. To achieve the
goal of nursing, nurses use the nursing process to assess an individuals ’ adaptation level
and coping processes within the regulator and cognator subsystems, to identify problems,
and to implement a plan of care that promotes their adaptation (Dixon, 1999). The
nursing process in the Roy adaptation model involves six steps: assessment of behavior,
assessment of stimuli, formulation of a nursing diagnosis, goal setting, intervention, and
evaluation