Comfort

When asked what the word “comfort” means I think of a rather quiet and relaxing environment that allows me to be a productive individual without having a great deal of stress, where I am psychically able to have what I need to eat and drink, rest comfortably and sleep soundly in my own bed, where I am not jeopardized in anyway, where I can be healthy and not exposed to sickness, and so on throughout my daily life. Similarly to sitting on a comfortable large lounge chair, under a large shade tree…

Introduction Southern Comfort is a documentary about Robert Eads, a transgender man. The film documents the final year of Robert’s life, as he was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Robert was turned down for treatment by a dozen doctors out of fear that treating such a patient would hurt their reputations or embarrass their patients. By the time Robert received treatment, the cancer was too advanced to save his life and he passed away in 1999, surrounded by his chosen family. Case History Robert…

away from your comfort zone, including but not restricted to acquaintances, people, areas, activities, class, etc. Leaving your comfort zone may also be uncomfortable which is why you need to remain there it's the simplest option to improve your life. Do one thing on a daily basis that scares you (or at a minimum makes you somewhat uncomfortable). You like your comfort zone and also you’re thinking that an individual who walks in your life mustn’t disrupt what is going on in your comfort zone.…

1. What made me the leader I am today? The comfort zone is “a psychological state in which a person fells familiar, at ease, in control, and experiences low anxiety. A person in this state uses a limited set of behaviors to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk.” Years ago, as a young second class petty officer, my chief was counseling me on my marks when he said “you may notice that your marks are a little lower than PO Jomps that is because he is a flight…

To provide comfort care, one must first define the meaning of comfort care. Comfort care for nursing is defined by Kolcaba (2009). Kolcaba explained comfort care as a principles of health care that focuses on physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural, and environmental comfort care for the patient. It’s also well-defined as, given care to progress the quality of one’s life especially in patients who has a life-threatening illness. Working in the oncology unit for cancer patients, has often…

It seems like we’re always saying we want to get out of our comfort zones, take a bite out of life, challenge and change ourselves. But we rarely ever do. It’s one of those finicky things that sounds great in theory but, in practice, is actually very difficult. Think about it: Getting out of your comfort zone implies tearing your world apart for the sake of new experiences. It’s something we all aspire to do, say we’re going to do and then never really follow through with. We stay inside of…

The theory of comfort is such a vital part of nursing that it can be used on a daily basis in the area of the medical/surgical unit. This paper will take the reader back to the development of the theory of comfort by Katherine Kolcaba. It will then show the reader how the theory of comfort reaches the person, environment, health, and nursing on the medical/surgical unit. History The comfort theory was developed in the 1990s by a nurse with her PhD known as Katharine Kolcaba. (March & McCormack…

Comfort zone is a situation where one feels safe and at ease. It is a type of behaviour that keeps us at a low anxiety level. Simple activities or routines that we practice regularly like taking the bus to school, watching television programmes and checking out social media platforms are part of our comfort zones. These everyday activities that we are used to will not make us feel anxious and uneasy. We like to stay in our comfort zone even though we are bored of being in the comfort zone. When…

helping those with Medicaid get dental care; Comfort dental also incorporates the idea of Men and Women for and with Others by choosing to help those without insurance pay for dental care. For example, often we will have a patient come in who needs an obscene amount of work done on the teeth, but they do not have insurance. Because these patients do not have insurance, they usually would have to pay full price to receive their dental. However, at Comfort Dental we provide patients without dental…

Likewise, the shared vision between Kathrine Kolcaba’s comfort theory and this writer’s proposal for early intervention physical therapy in the management of lumbar sprain/ strains; is the improvement of patient outcomes. This writer plans to implement this theory by high lightening the similarities of this theory with this writer’s proposal. In obtaining shareholder approval this writer plans to organize a meeting with committee members that will highlight the proposal to institute early…