REFLECTION ON KOLCABA COMFORT THEORY. Comfort theory was developed by Dr Kolcaba in 1984. She begins by analyzing the concept‚ which I think is a very important aspect to understanding the theory. The theory is based on the philosophy of holism. She views the person has a whole‚ consisting of a mental‚ emotional and spiritual life. According to Kolcaba comfort is the satisfaction of basic human needs for relief‚ ease‚ and transcendence arising from health care situations. After learning
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Kolcaba’s theory of comfort would be an excellent middle range theory for a manager to utilize in directing patient care in a pediatric emergency department. The focus on enhancing the comfort of patients and families would help to improve patient satisfaction scores‚ increase business‚ and reduce the stress of staff. In Kolcaba’s propositions of comfort theory she discusses that patients and families are more satisfied with health care and have better outcomes when comfort is achieved and the
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Borrowed Theory Application NU 540 Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget‚ a researcher biologist and genetic epistemologist‚ was interested in how organisms adapt to the environment. He studied the cognitive development of children and believed it involves continuous organization of mental processes. Piaget uses two major aspects in his theory: the process of coming to know and the stages we move through as we acquire this ability (Huitt & Hammel‚ 2003). Piaget believed
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Running head: APPLYING THEORY Applying Theory Dinah M. Creamer University of Washington-Tacoma Human Behavior and the Social Environment TSOCW402-Theodora A. Drescher November 24‚ 2008 OUTLINE This paper will focus on problems commonly linked to adolescents and their formation of relationships by applying attachment theory. INTRODUCTION PART ONE: Development milestones and tasks in adolescents (ages 13 to 18 years) • Attachment experiences • Trust
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The middle range theory that favored and found most relatable was the Theory of Comfort. The Theory of Comfort was created by Katharine Kolcaba (Dowd‚ 2014). Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort include the following concepts: health care needs‚ comfort interventions‚ intervening variables‚ comfort‚ health-seeking behaviors‚ institutional integrity‚ best practices‚ and best policies (Dowd‚ 2014). The health care needs concept can be physical‚ psychospiritual‚ sociocultural‚ or environmental and are generally
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Final Paper in Comfort Theory Ruben Perez NGR 5110 July 15th‚ 2013. Prof. Dr. Daniel Little Nursing Scenario I chose this scenario which is appropriate for the application of Kolcaba’s Comfort theory: You are a nurse on an inpatient oncology unit. Your patient is a 72-year-old competent male who has been told his cancer is terminal and that further treatment is unlikely to have any benefit. He accepts that and would like to explore hospice. However‚ his two adult children insist that he
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Related to the Theory of Comfort Introduction Practicing as a nurse‚ I realize I follow my own metaparadigm of nursing. In this paper‚ I relate my own personal beliefs with that of a popular nursing theorist. Though my research on theory is just beginning‚ I feel my metaparadigm most relates to that of Katharine Kolcaba and her theory of comfort. I will seek to illustrate my philosophy with the knowledge and nursing experience I have. Origin of Theory The idea of comfort and theory started to
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Dear Class and Dr. Peters‚ Social cognitive theory (SCT) argues that individuals acquire knowledge through observation of others in the social interactions‚ media and experiences. As such‚ people learn behavior through human survival and replication of behavioral traits of other individuals in society (Coreil‚ 2008). The theoretical framework aids in comprehension of behavioral patterns of patients and their families since it is possible to associate a single individual behavior with that of
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Katharine Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort Kelly Ferreira Summer‚ 2004. In the early part of the 20th century‚ comfort was the central goal of nursing and medicine. Comfort was the nurse’s first consideration. A "good nurse" made patients comfortable. In the early 1900’s‚ textbooks emphasized the role of a health care provider in assuring emotional and physical comfort and in adjusting the patient’s environment. For example‚ in 1926‚ Harmer advocated that nursing care be
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Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory Annette Hall St Joseph’s College of Maine Abstract Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory fits best with my philosophy of nursing and my current work environment. As a hospice nurse comfort is the top priority. The goal of hospice care is to provide comfort and dignity at the end of life. The technical term for comfort for health care is the immediate state of being strengthened by having the needs for relief‚ ease‚ and transcendence addressed in the four context of
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