LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fifty
years ago, Sister Callista Roy, CSJ,
'63 developed a transformational nursing model that ensures
patients are treated as complex human beings with ever-changing
biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Ever since,
the Roy Adaptation Model has provided a high-level framework for
nursing practice, education and research across the globe.
Mount Saint Mary's University
congratulates its alumna, and former chair of nursing, on the 50th
anniversary of the Roy Adaptation Model, now an internationally
recognized standard of holistic patient care.
"Sister Callista Roy is a legend.
She is a dynamic teacher, she's a creative mind, she's a force,"
says University President Ann
McElaney-Johnson. "Not only has she changed the face of
nursing, she's changed the lives of so many Mount alums who have
gone into the community and served in the healthcare profession.
Her theory of nursing changed the way healthcare professionals work
with their patients and the families of their patients."
Sister Callista has become one of the most influential theorists
in the field of nursing. Books on her Model have been translated
into numerous languages. She has spoken on nursing theory and
practice in at least 36 countries and held visiting faculty
appointments in Asia, Europe and South
America.
A Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Sister Callista graduated
from Mount Saint Mary's in 1963, 15
years after the school created California's first-ever Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree. In addition to teaching at the Mount, she served as
nursing chair for a decade during the 1970s and 1980s.
Sister Callista still works as a teacher, researcher and writer.
She is currently a professor and nurse theorist at Boston College's William F.
Connell School of Nursing. The school hosted a celebration
of Sister Callista on June 10 that
brought colleagues and healthcare professionals from across
the United States, the National
Institutes of Health, Columbia,
Japan, Mexico and Panama.
Learn more about Sister Callista and the Roy Adaptation
Model.
About Mount Saint Mary's
University
Mount Saint
Mary's is the only women's university in Los Angeles and one of the most diverse in the
nation. The University is known nationally for its research on
gender equity, its innovative health and science programs, and its
commitment to community service. Weekend, evening and graduate
programs are offered to both women and men. msmu.edu
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