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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Allyson Healey has lived her entire life in a neat little box mapped out by her parents. But during a European tour after high school graduation‚ she meets an actor named Willem. There’s instant attraction and Allyson is charmed. When Willem invites her to spend one day in Paris with him‚ she decides to be impulsive for once and agrees to accompany him instead of heading to London with her best friend. That day in Paris is magical and Allyson learns to take life as it comes‚ to pounce on the chances
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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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Unsuccessful Southern Secession When being elected into presidency‚ Abraham Lincoln had no idea where the ongoing tension between sections would go‚ he just knew it would inevitably end in war. However‚ it was infact this election that became the straw to break the camel’s back. A boiling strife between Southern and Northern states was building because of controversy over slavery. While other components were involved in causing the war‚ the root to the problem sprouted from the seed of slavery.
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The Truth of a Southern Dream In Fitzgerald’s "Ice Palace"‚ Sally Carrol Happer is a Georgia girl tired of the lazy and unambitious South. She desires to break free from her hometown of Tarleton‚ captivated by the promises and new opportunities in the North. Her fiancée Harry is supposed to be the fiancée that can provide her this new lifestyle‚ but her romanticized vision becomes disillusioned. Sally Carrol’s misconception of the shimmering North is captured after experiencing the reality of
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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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The candidate that I would hire would be Karen Comfort‚ BSN. The reason why I would hire Karen Comfort‚ BSN is because she seem to be the most reliable candidate who meets most to all of the criteria needed to feel the position of the medical consultant for the sales division. Karen Comfort BSN‚ have been employed in various positions in a variety of medical specialty practices. She has also worked with medical doctors and hospital administrators so that means that she has experience with working
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Sharecroppers and the Rise of the KKK By: Zachary Perez In Spain during the whole eastern period The Flagellants used conical hats‚ white robes and mask were used for discipline in a sexual act. But in the 1860s in the United States it did not have the same use or meaning. The Ku Klux Klan-also known as the KKK‚ an organization based on white supremacy and hatred for any other race mainly African-American. The KKK disseminated fear and terror among other races and African- American population
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OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE One first impression people have of me is that I’m very quiet and reserved … which is true.My general tendency has always been to keep to myself and speak when spoken to. One story that my mother likes to tell about me is about my first day in preschool when I was only about 3 years old. She came to pick me up and the teachers were very concerned and said‚ “She was very good‚ but she only played by herself. She didn’t interact with any of the other kids. Is she ok?” To
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How does the child acquire language? Each of us has its own development in the process of life. Maybe it will not be in the same time and the same quality but we will always go through the same process as we grow and continue to exist. Like in the process of acquiring language it’s not possible that we can obtain it in many different ways because we have don’t have the same way of living‚ genes and environment. It depends on how we acquire our language through these factors
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