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A theory of holistic comfort for nursing
Author(s) -
Kolcaba Katharine Y.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01202.x
Subject(s) - operationalization , nursing theory , holistic nursing , context (archaeology) , nursing interventions classification , perspective (graphical) , construct (python library) , nursing care , psychological intervention , psychology , nursing , comfort care , work (physics) , outcome (game theory) , medline , medicine , computer science , epistemology , engineering , palliative care , paleontology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , mathematics , mathematical economics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , biology , programming language
Although the construct of comfort has been analysed, diagrammed in a two‐dimensional content map, and operationalized as a holistic outcome, it has not been conceptualized within the context of a broader theory for the discipline of nursing. The theoretical work presented here utilizes an intra‐actional perspective to develop a theory of comfort as a positive outcome of nursing case. A model of human press is the framework within which comfort is related to (a) interventions that enhance the state of comfort and (b) desirable subsequent outcomes of nursing care. The paper concludes with a discussion about the theory of comfort as a significant one for the discipline of nursing.