Mandala Representing Roy’s Adaptation Model
By Noreen Frodella BSN, RN, BC
Graduate student of Dr. J. Tracy, William Paterson University, Wayne,
NJ
Mandala Representing Roy’s Adaptation Model
This Mandala, representing Roy’s Adaptation Model, was created to show
the grouping of related/connected units which form a unified whole
(environment/nature) and the adaptations that human beings undertake while
living within an unpredictable natural environment. The “client/client
system” is the central or focal point and is represented by the sun, the four
modes of adaptation are represented by the four lightening bolts
(representative of activity/energy and interaction needed to adapt), the four
major concepts are represented by the clouds, the stars represent the nursing
process, and the crescent moons represent the ten supporting scientific and
philosophical concepts.
This Mandala utilizes symbols from nature to conceptualize Roy’s theory
that focuses on human beings as an adaptive system; and as such must also
adapt to the environment and the forces of nature. It reveals our continual
interaction with environmental stimuli.