Comfort

This class was nothing like I’ve ever been apart of. The dynamics of the class, how it was structured, and the requirements, were all so foreign to me that it really allowed me to grow as a student, and a business major. I learned a lot about not only myself, but also how I react in certain situations. I also learned about my peers in a way I would otherwise not have. Beginning with the class dynamics, I learned how different personalities are. Being an introvert in this class was very…

Gillray’s piece, Comfort to the Corns, is a very intriguing work of art. Gillray is known for creating social and political cartoons and caricatures. He did the majority of his art work in the style of etching and was active during the end of the 18th century—1792 through 1810. In the artwork, Comfort to the Corns, James Gillray depicts an elderly hag attending to her feet satirically, adding subtle humor and life to the piece. The piece that I believe speaks to me is James Gillray’s Comfort to…

Concept of Comfort The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the concept of comfort using content delineated by Chinn and Kramer (2015, pp. 158-178). In doing so, I will provide a context for the concept of comfort, including how my nursing worldview shapes my view of comfort; examine how technology has impacted comfort, and explain the need to understand the concept of comfort in greater detail as it relates to nursing. Further, I will examine the use of terms related to comfort…

The Comfort of Ignorance Much of my life has been filled with blissful ignorance about the world. Growing up, I was consumed by the little problems of my life and never thought twice about the hardships of others. However, as a self-absorbed fourteen year-old, I found that although ignorance is comfortable, it blocks the true reality of what the world is. It was a crisp, clear, and unusually warm winter day when I had to shadow my mom in the ER. I wasn’t interested in going into to work…

completed her doctorate in nursing. During her doctoral education, she focused her research on the concept of patient comfort. She is a recipient of many awards and honors for her research and theory development. She currently works as an emeritus professor at the University of Akron and continues to work with students and colleges to help with designing comfort studies (Comfortline,…

Now that we are at the end of the Spring 2016 semester, it is time to reflect on the History Department’s exciting year. I don’t normally like to turn my back on people, but I wanted to model the History Student Association’s new t-shirt. Not only do I like the shirt, I believe that our students came up with a wonderful way of describing what it is that we as historians do and are. We are scholars who are “in-betweeners.” “Our minds are in the past, our bodies in the present, and our…

perception as part of their daily plan of care. In the concept analysis of comfort, comfort was defined as “the state of having met basic human needs for ease, relief, and transcendence”, and the taxonomic structure previously identified in 1991 stated “the most important insight was that comfort needs occurred in both physical and mental contexts of human experience (Kolcaba, p. 88, 1994). The practice guidelines for holistic comfort care conclude “health care needs, including physical,…

Thermal comfort is maybe the most important and easily defined parameter of indoor environmental quality. It is largely responsible for the occupants discomfort and well being and users require a thermally comfortable environment in order to identify that a building is performing well. Thermal comfort studies declare that thermal sensation responses to a given motivation and depends upon the occupants state of thermal adaptation which correlated also on geographic location and climate, time of…

Fear and comfort are a valuable tool that all mankind use to determine what is safe or unsafe; while most people run from one, they seek serenity in the other. So, what initiates this response to fear and comfort, and how do we differentiate one from the other. In the short stories “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates, and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway; they offer a glimpse to what drives fear, and where comfort is found. While the two short stories…

that Brill’s injury is not eligible for workers compensation under the personal comfort doctrine. When a worker is injured on the job, they can request compensation from the employer. The courts have recognized that injuries may occur during employee breaks and, although employees are not technically “on the job,” they may still be eligible to request compensation if the injury falls within the bounds of the personal comfort doctrine. For an injury to be compensable under the personal doctrine,…