This long-awaited new edition presents the latest advances in the Roy Adaptation Model, one of the most widely accepted nursing theories, in the words of the theorist herself, Sister Callista Roy. Features

• Maintains the essential concepts of the model while explaining new developments;
• Places new developments in the context of contemporary issues of health care delivery
• Expands and clarifies the theoretical basis of each adaptive model
• Provides separate chapters for each adaptive mode at the group level
• Expands applications to practice, using case studies, for each step of the nursing process

• Adaptive mode chapters are reorganized.
• Compensatory process and compromised process chapters include new content.
• Material on adaptive processes of groups is presented in a separate section.
• The nursing process within each chapter is based on the theoretical content of each adaptive mode.
• Further explanation of Roy's philosophical and scientific assumptions for the 21st century and the addition of cultural assumptions are new to this edition.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina--the costliest hurricane ever to hit the United States--monopolized headlines, thoughts, and hearts across the country as lives were forever changed, some erased. This book not only chronicles the devastation of that storm but also immortalizes through words and photographs some of the tales of personal tragedy associated with it, while celebrating the resilience of the human spirit, as communities come together and begin to rebuild. The Editors of This Book were all members of Dr. Paul Ruffin's Editing and Publishing class at Sam Houston State University during the fall of 2006. They wrote the text of the book and provided most of the pictures.