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A 23-year-old male patient is admitted with a fracture of C6 and C7 that has resulted in quadriplegia. He was injured during a football game at the university where he is currently a senior. His career as a quarterback had been very promising. At the time of the injury, contract negotiations were in progress with a leading professional football team.
1. Use Roy’s criteria to identify focal and contextual stimuli for each of the four adaptive modes.
2. Consider what adaptations would be necessary in each of the following four adaptive modes: (1) physiological, (2) self-concept, (3) interdependence, and (4) role function.
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Roy’s Adaptation Model
According to Roy's criteria, the focal stimuli for the physiological mode are the activity
of cells, organs, and tissues of the body (Roy, 1984). The focal stimuli during the injury are the
activities of the cells and tissues aiming at protecting the body from further injuries. The
contextual stimuli, in this case, are the injury and environmental changes that make the cells
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