A state and a process of being and becoming a less integrated person. It is the reflection of ineffective responses. Nursing achieves this through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems. The goal of nursing is to restore, maintain, and promote adaptive responses. An adaptive being existing in a socio-cultural context which influences how life is interpreted.
Response is expressed physiologically, psychosocially and spiritually.
Roy to incorporate physiological processes such as chemical, neurological, endocrine responses which allow the body to cope with a changing environment. This subsystem works together with the Cognator subsystem to maintain goals of the person. The behavior which can be observed, subjectively reported, or perceived and measured. The effectiveness of the response is judged in relation to the client goals. Adaptive responses for one individual or group may be ineffective for others.