Katharine Kolcaba - Theory of Comfort

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Theory of Katharine Kolcaba

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Theory of Comfort

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Theorist of Theory of Comfort

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Katharine Kolcaba

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Published subjective concept analysis of comfort

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Katharine Kolcaba

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Born at Ohio, United States

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Katharine Kolcaba

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Individuals, families, institutions, or communities in need of healthcare

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Person

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Optimal functioning as defined by the patient, group, family, or community

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Health

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Any aspect of the patient, family, or institutional surrounding that can be manipulated by a nurse or loved one to enhance comfort

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Environment

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Intentional assessment of comfort needs, the design of comfort measures to address those needs, and the reassessment of comfort levels after implementation

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Nursing

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Relief / Ease / Transcendence

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Three Forms of Comfort

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Health Care Needs

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Needs identified by the Patient and/or family in a particular nursing practice

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Nursing Interventions

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Impelled commitment of nursing and health care institutions for comfort

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Intervening Variables

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Factors not likely to change

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Patient Comfort

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Met needs in four contexts of Human Experience

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Health-Seeking Behaviors

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According behaviors of the patient involving the Nurse