Journal of Holistic Nursing http://jhn.sagepub.com/ Empirical Evidence for the Nature of Holistic Comfort Katharine Kolcaba and Richard Steiner J Holist Nurs 2000 18: 46 DOI: 10.1177/089801010001800106 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jhn.sagepub.com/content/18/1/46 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: American Holistic Nurses Association Additional services and information for Journal of Holistic Nursing can be found at: Email Alerts:
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Evolution of the Mid Range Theory of Comfort for Outcomes Research Katharine Kolcaba‚ PhD‚ RN‚ C The developmental stages of the mid range theory of comfort are discussed in this article‚ which includes its philosophic orientation and its inductive‚ deductive‚ and retroductive reasoning. Other steps that are described are the concept analysis of comfort‚ the operationalization of the outcome of patient comfort‚ the application of the theory in previous nursing studies‚ and the evaluation of the
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Using Insights to Choose Theory-Katharine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory Choosing a nursing theory that resonates and embodies my personal values‚ beliefs and nursing practice is imperative to the advancement of my nursing practice and lifelong development. Katharine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory is a middle-range theory that has been my personal favorite since learning about her almost five years ago as I embarked on a new collaborative journey when opening a new hospital from the ground up in my own community
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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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The Concept of Love According to the American nurses association (ANA)‚ “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response and advocacy in health care of individuals‚ families‚ communities and populations”
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Kolcaba’s Assumptions of Comfort Theory Kolcaba believes that “comfort is a basic human need which persons strive to meet or have met. It is an active endeavor”
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human experience: physical‚ psychospiritual‚ sociocultural‚ and environment. The change goal would be to implement Kolcaba’s taxonomic structure of comfort as a way for the hospice unit staff to measure comfort. Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory Kolcaba was born as Katherine Arnold on December 8th‚ in Cleveland‚ Ohio. She received her diploma in nursing from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in 1965. She graduated from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing‚ Case Western Reserve University
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RUNNING HEAD: Historical Development of Nursing Timeline 1 Historical Development of Nursing Timeline Jill Dawson‚ BSN‚ RN‚ IBCLC NUR/513 May 7‚ 2012 Kynthia James Historical Development of Nursing 2 The historical development of nursing has transformed over the years since the beginning writings of Florence Nightingale originating in 1859. Although she did not publish her work as nursing theory‚ Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing is presented as the first nursing theory
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References: Chinn‚ P.L.‚ & Kramer‚ M.K. (2011). Integrated theory and knowledge of development in Kolcaba‚ K. (1994) A theory of holistic comfort for nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 19: 1178-1184 Kolcaba‚ K. & DiMarco‚ M.A. (2005) Comfort theory and its application to pediatric nursing. Pediatric Nursing‚ 31(3)‚ 187-194 Parker‚ M.E.‚ & Smith‚ M.C. (2010)‚ Nursing theories and nursing practice (3rd
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family (Chow‚ Ateah‚ Scott‚ Ricci‚ & Kyle‚ 2013). It includes working with family and child to provide holistic care; whereas‚ comfort care theory achieve holistic care by providing physical‚ psychospiritual‚ sociocultural‚ and environmental aspects (Kolcaba K. ‚ 2003). The main difference between two theories is that nurses are qualified and educated when providing care where as families may have no knowledge base of child’s disease process. Nurses use critical thinking when dealing with emergency situations
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