Running Head: CONCEPT OF COMFORT A Concept Paper on Comfort Deric Franco A. Sunico Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Abstract During my nursing student stint as we were exposed to different hospitals‚ I have always encountered on chartings the phrase “kept safe and comfortable”. As I practice my profession‚ questions arises what comfort really means and its diverse perspectives. Being a ward nurse‚ aside from moving my patients towards health; providing holistic nursing care and client satisfaction
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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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Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory: Analysis and Evaluation In my nursing practice I frequently care for long term elderly residents on ventilators and who suffer from stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers‚ diabetic‚ venous ulcers etc. Instead of simply providing pain medications and wound treatment to ease their pain or giving medications to relax them‚ I wanted to learn ways to enhance the comfort of these residents. This led me to learn more about Katherine Kolcaba’s theory of comfort. I found her theory to be useful
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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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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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Katharine Kolcaba: Comfort Theory Sarah SchlenvogtPresentation College In my nursing practice with long term care residents‚ I frequently care for dying residents. Instead of simply providing these patients with medication to ease the pain‚ I wanted to learn about ways to enhance the comfort of the dying patient and assist their beloved family throughout the difficult process. This desire led me to undertake a concept analysis of comfort. Through my research at the end of life‚ I discovered Katharine
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Comfort Care Theory Nightingale described comfort as first duty of nurses. Since then comfort theory is flourishing in nursing and medical field. The first article on comfort theory was published in 1994 (Oliveira‚ 2013). Katharine Kolcaba first published her book on comfort care in 2003. This theory has been published and accepted at many health care authorities (Kolcaba & Dimarco‚ 2005). Kolcaba defined comfort as “the immediate state of being strengthen through having the human needs for relief
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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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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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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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