Transcript Kolcaba*s Theory of Comfort

By: Marcie Montgomery
Concept Forms:
1. Relief
2. Ease
3. Transcendence
Metaparadigm Concepts
• Health
• Nurse
• Environment
• Individual/Person
Health
• Health begins with freedom from illness and is
achieved completely when body, mind and soul
function is optimal.
• It is dynamic; variations can depend on an
individual’s lifestyle, environment, mental status
or genetics. Health is at the core of a person’s life
and directly affects other aspects of life.
• Health means to holistically experience peace and
comfort.
Nurse
• Nursing: The ability and desire to competently provide holistically based
care, to every patient, every time. This consists of continual assessment
and implementation of interventions that address patient needs and provide
comfort.
Environment
• The surrounding atmosphere is an environment. It is
created by tangible and intangible items.
• The environment can affect health; environment
greatly influences moods, conversations, behaviors, as
well as physical exposures, all of which carry great
impact on a patient's well-being.
• Provide a comfortable setting i.e. consider noise,
lighting, positioning, visitors etc.
• Environmental care certainly has to be probed and
considered when formulating care plans.
Individual/Person
• Each individual is unique.
• We have different beliefs, behaviors, and ideas.
• Individual characteristics change; they can be
learned via exposure to certain situations,
genetics, and cultural beliefs etc.
• The competent nurse will put aside personal
prejudices and treat the patient according to
what best facilitates comfort for that patient.
Conclusion
…..“Holistic comfort is defined as the immediate
experience of being strengthened through having the
needs for relief, ease, and transcendence met in four
contexts of experience (physical, psychospiritual, social,
and environmental)”. (Kolcaba, 2010)
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