Comfort Theory Katharine Kolcaba Daisy Chumba Alisha Gross

Comfort Theory: Katharine Kolcaba Daisy Chumba, Alisha Gross, Andrea Haney, Michael Klein

Presentation Purpose Ø Comfort Theory Background Ø Use of Comfort Theory in evidence-based practice Ø 4 metapardigm concepts according to Comfort Theory Ø How Comfort Theory can improve contemporary healthcare

Application to Evidence-Based Practice The nursing process

Four Metaparadigm Concepts Defined by Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory Nursing – the intentional assessment of comfort needs of patients, families or communities; design of comfort measures to address comfort needs, including re-assessment of comfort level after implementation of comfort measures, compared to a previous baseline Patient – an individual, family, or community in need of health care, including primary, tertiary, or preventative care Environment – aspects of patient/family/community surroundings that affect comfort and can be manipulated to enhance comfort Health – optimum function of patient/family/community facilitated by enhanced comfort

Comfort Theory: Improving the Health Care Environment Institutional Integrity: Stability and ethics of any hospital, health care system, region, state or country. Local Level nurses caring for people in the community Regional and National Levels hospitals want to increase patient satisfaction scores

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