https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3 Kolcaba's Comfort Theory en-us 2020-11-29 16:25:50 UTC 2025-09-26 00:53:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-2695.png isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/968934882 > Reduce negative tension
> Increase positive tension and comfort
> Enhance health-seeking behaviors: 
   These are behaviors that patients engage in to achieve a goal of well-being (ex. internal, external, peaceful death) (McEwen & Wills, 2019, p. 255)]]> 2020-11-29 16:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/968934882 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/968934978 > Originated from Katherine Kolcaba’s interest in the concept of comfort and developed over the course of her graduate schooling (Kolcaba, 2003, p. 4) 
> Her primary works include The Comfort Line website and her book entitled Comfort Theory and Practice (2003)
> Kathy was a nurse, professor, and volunteer worker

]]> 2020-11-29 16:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/968934978 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969012231 > Middle range theory:
they are narrow, specific, and easily adaptable (Kolcaba, 2003, p. 77)
> Major concepts:
comfort, comfort care, comfort measures, comfort needs, health seeking behaviors, institutional integrity, and intervening variables (McEwen & Wills, p. 238)
> Three types of comfort: 
1. relief- experience of a patient who has a specific comfort need met
2. ease- state of calm/contentment
3. transcendance- state in which one rises above pain (Kolcaba, 2003, p. 9)

]]> 2020-11-29 17:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969012231 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969022253 > a holistic, individualized, and complex state focused on reaching optimal levels of functioning (Kolcaba, 2003, p. 16)

Please take the time to view Dr. Kolcaba explaining her views on comfort and applying it to herself]]> 2020-11-29 17:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969022253 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969077026 Kolcaba (2003)]]> 2020-11-29 18:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969077026 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969092156 2020-11-29 18:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969092156 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969139823 ANA (2015)
Kolcaba (2001)]]> 2020-11-29 18:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969139823 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969154082 > Bertzen (2020)
-explored discomfort in the body, mind, and integrity of critical care patients
-identified and addressed a comfort gap between patients and nurses
> Estridge (2018)
-compared fluid retention and comfort levels of patients receiving hemodialysis
-used the GCQ to interpret patient symptoms and enhance their comfort level]]> 2020-11-29 18:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969154082 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969191932 2020-11-29 19:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969191932 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969195688 > Identify patient specific comfort needs and evaluation using the GCQ
> Use the 4 contexts of comfort to achieve optimal levels of functioning and collaborate with others to meet this goal
> Become familiar with other research studies that used this theory as a framework]]> 2020-11-29 19:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969195688 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969212120 2020-11-29 19:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969212120 isabellab47 https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969214256 2020-11-29 19:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellab47/1k24vb2tz4mp6yn3/wish/969214256