The Roy Adaptation Model: a consideration of its properties as a conceptual framework for an intervention study

The underlying premise of this paper is the belief that one of the core values of nursing research is its ability to demonstrate that nursing interventions influence care outcomes. From this perspective the contribution offered by the Roy Adaptation Model for Nursing within an intervention study is evaluated. Although it was believed that the model enriched the study in several ways, its overall contribution was likened to a 'conceptual stepping stone', used by the researcher en route back towards its underlying theories and classical intervention design methodologies.