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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Enhancing Competitiveness: Comfort Taxi 1. Describe the customer value proposition and the profit model that underlay Comfort Taxi’s business model. Customer Value Proposition Who is the Customer. Comfort Transportations customers are taxi cab drivers (internal)‚ and those who need taxi services (external). What does the customer value? Taxi Cab Drivers value easy access to external customers and ease of use for the other problems they must worry about such as rental fees and gas. External
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Abstract Two experiments show the territoriality of leaving drivers when children and intrusion are a factor. In Experiment 1‚ 48 observations were made in a parking lot to measure how long a leaving driver would take to pull out of their parking when there was a waiting driver and no waiting driver. Leaving drivers seemed to leave faster when they were intruded upon. Experiment 1 also measured how long it would take for a departing car with children present to pull out a parking space when there
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Why did relations between the soviet union and the US change in the years 1943-1956? The first reason is that Roosevelt’s death in April 1945 brought an end to any superficial unity that still existed at the end of World War 2 in 1943. Truman was now the American President‚ and relations between him and Stalin were deteriorating very quickly indeed‚ especially when Stalin was such a determined character and Truman was less willing to compromise‚ compared to Roosevelt. The second reason is
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Bryant & May were the first British company to utilize animation for advertising purposes. In 1899 animator Arthur Melbourne-Cooper was hired to produce a stop-motion short in which matchstick men move along a ladder and paint an appeal on a wall. This appeal read `For one guinea Messrs Bryant & May will forward a case containing sufficient to supply a box of matches to each man in a battalion with the name of the sender inside.’(www.bfi.co.uk) It is easy to be cynically dismissive of what is obviously
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their surroundings. Mary Louise Pratt describes this as creating a contact zone where parody‚ critique‚ and unseemly comparisons create social disruptions in which students are challenged. In her essay “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she proposes that classrooms should take up this style of educating. What would a contact zone in a classroom perform like? Out of all the elements that are capable of creating a contact zone‚ parody is one of the more familiar choices that would behave well in a classroom
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holding nothing more then what scraps of food we could bring‚ maybe a change of ragged clothing‚ and the remnants of our money. I meet my father at the door‚ his figure drenched in the Spring rain. We all knew where we were to go‚ Glasgow‚ for we were leaving Ireland. It took us a days time to travel there‚ on the way I asked my father to once more regale me with the tale of America‚ he cleared his throat as my brother closed his book‚ a rare occurrence‚ his soft voice disrupting the quiet call of night
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What are the issues facing young people leaving care? How might these issues be successfully resolved? Children and young people enter the care system for numerous reasons‚ some of which include a parent’s inability to cope or because of problems in the family. Most of these children will return to their family after a brief stay‚ however‚ many will be expected to leave care and begin living independently between the age of 16 and 18 (Stein and Wade‚ 2000). Past research (for example Barnardo’s
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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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The Group has gone global ever since the merger of Comfort Group and Delgro Corporation on 29th March 2003. ComforDelGro’s businesses include bus‚ taxi‚ rail‚ car rental & leasing‚ automotive engineering‚ maintenance services & diesel sales‚ vehicle inspection & technical testing services‚ learner drivers’ instructional services‚ insurance broking services‚ outdoor advertising and car dealership. Taxi Companies Under Comfort Delgro Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd was founded in 1970‚ which
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