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 concerned
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Application of Nursing Theory Nurses have to make numerous decisions on a day to day basis. Some are simple decisions and other issues are more complex and require guidance to make decisions. Nursing theory is one way for nurses to make decisions based on problems or situations they face. As Cody (2003) states‚ “one learns to practice nursing by studying nursing theories” (pg. 226). This statement can be applied to problem solving and decision making. By using theory‚ nurses can apply concepts
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NURSING When I grow up I want to be a nurse. I want to work on the pediatric floor at the hospital. It will take longer to be a pediatric nurse‚ than a regular nurse. I want to start by becoming a registered nurse‚ then move on to get my bachelor in scientific nursing. Once completed with that then I want to proceed on to pursuing pediatric nursing. I personally don’t care about the amount of money that I would
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The areas of nursing that interest me the most are critical care‚ pediatrics‚ and cardiothoracic nursing. I really enjoy working with children‚ and I love the pace and intensity of the intensive care unit. My dream job will be in the pediatric intensive care unit. Another reason I love working with children is that they are so resilient. To me‚ they fight so much harder than adults. I also am very intrigued by the cardiovascular system. It is fascinating how every body system works together
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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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managing their grief after the death of a patient. Pediatric Nursing‚ 36()‚ 185-189. Rack‚ J.‚ Burleson‚ B.‚ Bodie‚ G.‚ Holmstrom‚ A.‚ & Servaty-Seib‚ H. (2008). Bereaved adults’ evaluations of grief management messages: effects of message person centeredness‚ recipient individual differences‚ and contextual factors. Death Studies‚ 32(5)‚ 399-427. Tubbs-Cooley‚ H.‚ Santucci‚ G.‚ Kang‚ T.‚ Feinstein‚ J.‚ Hexem‚ K.‚ & Feudtner‚ C. (2011). Pediatric nurses’s individual and group assessments of palliative
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Application of Theory Paper Guidelines & Scoring Rubric Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize one strategy for the application of a specific nursing theory to resolving a problem or issue of nursing practice in nursing leadership‚ nursing education‚ nursing informatics‚ or health policy. Course Outcomes Through this assignment‚ a student will demonstrate the ability to: (CO#1) Analyze theories from nursing and relevant fields with respect to their components‚ relationships
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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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Academically‚ I always wants to pursue my career path in Pediatric Nursing (B.Sc. Hons) because this career path is very interesting‚ challenging and passionate me everything when I want to be a pediatric nurse. I was clear about my decision into Pediatric nursing because this is suitable profession for me to gain respect‚ working with children is something excites me and make me to learn some new experience and very rewarding career. From my own personal experience‚ I was a pre – mature baby so
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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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