Katherine Kolcaba
Kolcaba was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1944. She earned her Nursing diploma in 1965 from St. Lukes Hospital School soon after she earned her Ph.D. in Nursing. Kolcabas education specialized in End of Life and Long Term Care Interventions, Comfort Studies, Instrument Development, Nursing Theory, and Nursing Research. She is currently a Associate Professor of nursing at the University of Akron College.
Kolcaba developed the comfort theory in the 1990's. According to her theory a patients comfort exists in three forms relief, ease, and transcendence. These comforts can occur in four context; physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and sociocultural.
Relief comfort usually comes in the form of pain management through medications. When medications are administered, the patient has a sense of Relief from the pain. Ease comfort is focused more on the environment and psychological state of the patient. For example, after issues of anxiety are addressed and dealt with, a patient feels at ease and transcendence comfort is when a patient is able to overcome challenges that occur in care and recovery.
The comfort theory is applied to a nursing assistants job because that is one of their jobs, to make sure our residents and patitents are very comfortable along with being safe. In this theory, the role of a nurse is to assess a patient's comfort needs and create a car plan to meet those needs. As a patients comfort needs change the nurse's interventions may change too. Nurses are able to ensure and provide their patients with proper care for and that they are comfortable. If a patient is comfortable, he or she will most likely feel emotionally and mentally better. This will help in the process of recovering faster.
Kolcaba was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1944. She earned her Nursing diploma in 1965 from St. Lukes Hospital School soon after she earned her Ph.D. in Nursing. Kolcabas education specialized in End of Life and Long Term Care Interventions, Comfort Studies, Instrument Development, Nursing Theory, and Nursing Research. She is currently a Associate Professor of nursing at the University of Akron College.
Kolcaba developed the comfort theory in the 1990's. According to her theory a patients comfort exists in three forms relief, ease, and transcendence. These comforts can occur in four context; physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and sociocultural.
Relief comfort usually comes in the form of pain management through medications. When medications are administered, the patient has a sense of Relief from the pain. Ease comfort is focused more on the environment and psychological state of the patient. For example, after issues of anxiety are addressed and dealt with, a patient feels at ease and transcendence comfort is when a patient is able to overcome challenges that occur in care and recovery.
The comfort theory is applied to a nursing assistants job because that is one of their jobs, to make sure our residents and patitents are very comfortable along with being safe. In this theory, the role of a nurse is to assess a patient's comfort needs and create a car plan to meet those needs. As a patients comfort needs change the nurse's interventions may change too. Nurses are able to ensure and provide their patients with proper care for and that they are comfortable. If a patient is comfortable, he or she will most likely feel emotionally and mentally better. This will help in the process of recovering faster.