INTRODUCTION The puerperium is a stage that produces changes and adaptations in women, couples and family. Effective coping, during this stage, depends on the relationship between the demands of stressful or difficult situations and the recourses that the puerperal individual has. Roy (2004), in her Middle Range Theory about the Coping and Adaptation Processing, defines Coping as the ''behavior...

Introduction: The nursing discipline is considered an integral part of the health care delivery system. Effective practice needs application knowledge, skills, critical thinking, and art in efficient, effective, considerate method. This can be achieved through amalgamation understanding, practice, theories. theory provides a logical way to organize for give direction care. Theory-guided practic...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease which can affect general health and life' satisfaction. This study aimed to determine dimensions of adaptation, general health, and life satisfaction in MS patients. This study was a cross-sectional that samples were selected from MS patients in 2015. Data was collected by using a demographic questionnaire, Roy Adaptation Model (RAM), General He...

Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive and debilitating disease. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the dimensions of Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) and General Health (GH) and Satisfaction with Life (SWL) in PD patients. This was a cross-sectional study. Samples were selected from the PD patients in 2016. The data was gathered by demographic, RAM, GH and SWL Scale que...