Sister Callista Roy, CSJ was born on October 14,1939 and is an American nun, nursing theorist, professor and author.
10 Facts About Callista Roy
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Callista Roy is known for creating the adaptation model of nursing.
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Callista Roy was a nursing professor at Boston College before retiring in 2017.
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Callista Roy graduated from Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School before earning an undergraduate degree in nursing from Mount St Mary's College in 1963, followed by a master's degree in nursing from University of California, Los Angeles in 1966.
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Callista Roy then earned master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from UCLA.
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Callista Roy served as a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Callista Roy was Professor and Nursing Theorist at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing.
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Callista Roy has lectured across the United States and in more than thirty other countries.
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Callista Roy retired from Boston College in 2017 and moved back to California.
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Callista Roy belonged to the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet.