Katharine Kolcaba

Question 1

was the central goal of nursing and medicine
because, through comfort, recovery was achieved.

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COMFORT

Question 2

TYPES OF COMFORT

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Relief
Ease
Transcendence

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— nurses relieved the needs expressed by patients.

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Relief

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— described 14 basic functions of human beings to be maintained during care.
— state of calm

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Ease

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— patients rise above their
difficulties with the help of nurses.

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Transcendence

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Pertaining to bodily sensations

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Physical

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Pertaining to internal awareness of self, including esteem, concept, sexuality, and meaning in one’s life; one’s relationship to a higher order or being

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Psychospiritual

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Pertaining to interpersonal, family, and societal relationships

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Social

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Pertaining to the external surroundings, conditions, and influences

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Environmental

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are comfort needs arising from stressful health care situations that cannot be met by recipients’ traditional support systems.

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Health care needs

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are nursing actions and referrals designed to address specific comfort needs of recipients, including physiological, social, cultural, financial, psychological, spiritual, environmental, and
physical needs.

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Comfort interventions

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is the immediate state experienced by recipients of comfort interventions. It is the immediate, holistic experience of being strengthened when one’s needs are addressed

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Comfort

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are interacting forces that inluence recipients’ perceptions of total comfort.

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Intervening variables

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compose a broad category of outcomes related to the pursuit of health as defined by the recipient(s) in consultation with the nurse.

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Health-seeking behaviors

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— are those we cannot see, such as surgical healing, T cell formation, or electrolyte balance.

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Internal behaviors

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— are those we can see directly such as ambulation or indirectly such as blood pressure

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External behaviors

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— “a death in which conflicts are resolved, symptoms are well managed, and acceptance by the patient and family members allows for the patient to ‘let go’ quietly and with dignity

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Peaceful death

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possess the qualities of being complete, whole, sound, upright, appealing, ethical, and sincere possess institutional integrity.

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Institutional Integrity

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The use of health care interventions based on
evidence to produce the best possible patient and family outcomes is known as

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best practices.

Question 18

Institutional or regional policies ranging from
protocols for procedures and medical conditions to access and delivery of health care are known as

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best policies.