Alligood, M. R. (2014). Nursing theorists and their work (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.Applications of Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory
Everyone regardless of age or race needs some form of comfort during any procedures, treatment, illness, or hospitalization to achieve maximum recovery possible.
Comfort is the immediate, holistic experience of being strengthened when one’s needs for relief, ease, and transcendence (types of comfort) are addressed in the four contexts of holistic human experience: physical, psych spiritual, sociocultural, and environmental (Alligood, 2014). The purpose of choosing this theory is because of its usability and applicability in different environments of clinical or community nursing care. This theory promotes the understanding of meeting the client needs and the possible outcomes that can be achieved when those needs are met in a timing manner. Hospitalization and surgical procedures can be stressful and frightening for the clients, and the best way to help relieve the fears is by anticipating …show more content…
She does not understand English and only uses the phrase to ask for something. She has two children that were present during the procedure, but she lives with one of them and oversees the care of the children at home. She was restless and continue to ask when she will go home and how soon she can start walking. During an assessment on the orthopedic unit, her vital signs were blood pressure 150/ 100, pulse 90, respiration 16, and temperature 36 degrees Celsius. The night shift reported that she did not sleep through the night and kept on asking about her grandchildren. She looked tired and facial expression was flat one-day postop and doesn’t accept care from a male nurse/ nursing assistants. She did not eat the food that was ordered from the kitchen and requested for a Quran which was not available on the
Everyone regardless of age or race needs some form of comfort during any procedures, treatment, illness, or hospitalization to achieve maximum recovery possible.
Comfort is the immediate, holistic experience of being strengthened when one’s needs for relief, ease, and transcendence (types of comfort) are addressed in the four contexts of holistic human experience: physical, psych spiritual, sociocultural, and environmental (Alligood, 2014). The purpose of choosing this theory is because of its usability and applicability in different environments of clinical or community nursing care. This theory promotes the understanding of meeting the client needs and the possible outcomes that can be achieved when those needs are met in a timing manner. Hospitalization and surgical procedures can be stressful and frightening for the clients, and the best way to help relieve the fears is by anticipating …show more content…
She does not understand English and only uses the phrase to ask for something. She has two children that were present during the procedure, but she lives with one of them and oversees the care of the children at home. She was restless and continue to ask when she will go home and how soon she can start walking. During an assessment on the orthopedic unit, her vital signs were blood pressure 150/ 100, pulse 90, respiration 16, and temperature 36 degrees Celsius. The night shift reported that she did not sleep through the night and kept on asking about her grandchildren. She looked tired and facial expression was flat one-day postop and doesn’t accept care from a male nurse/ nursing assistants. She did not eat the food that was ordered from the kitchen and requested for a Quran which was not available on the