Working in the emergency room the staff members are told multiple times in a shift how noisy the emergency room is. Most of the time there is either call lights or monitor alarms going off. The most common question that we are asked is how we deal with that noise all the time. There have been multiple instances that patient have been upset that he or she is not able to rest because of the noise in the emergency room. I agree with you when you stated that sometimes the nurses use Kolcaba’s theory of comfort in practice without realizing that he or she is using the theory. Unfortunately, I believe that the laughing and carrying on in the hallway by hospital staff early in the morning happens too often. That is unfortunate for the patient that
