The Use and Abuse of a Curricular Model: An Evaluative Study of One C.E.G.E.P.'S Nursing Programme in Quebec

Abstract

After developing a curriculum based on the adaptation model of Sister C. Roy, and implementing it for several years, the faculty of a C.E.G.E.P. nursing programme asked for assistance in the ongoing evaluation of its curriculum. This paper is derived from the report submitted to the faculty which requested the evaluation. THE USE OF MODELS The theory of "Adaptation" as presented by Roy was originally a physiological theory modified to explain psycho-sociological factors and then adapted specifically to nursing (Roy 1970, 1971 and 1972). Roy is in the process of developing a theoretical framework of nursing which begins with the patient and sees the nurse attempting to initiate intervention to promote the patient's adaptation by changing his response potential, helping the patient to attain, if possible, a higher position on the health-illness continuum (Roy 1970).