VIEWS ON NURSING, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT (2) Flashcards
who created the comfort theory of nursing?
katharine kolcaba
- first developed in the 1990s
- middle-range theory for health practice, education and research
comfort theory
according to the model, ___ is an immediate desirable outcome or nursing care
comfort
role of a nurse is to asses a patient’s comfort needs and create a ___ to meet those need
nursing care plan
3 forms of patient comfort
- relief
- ease
- transcendence
form of management through medications
relief
focused more on the environment and psychological state of the patient
ease
when a patient is able to rise above challenges that occur in care recovery
transcendence
nursing care plans, and evaluating the patient’s comfort after the care plans have been carried out
nursing
need identified by the patient and/or family in a particular nursing practice setting
health care needs
factors that are not likely to change, and over which health care providers have little control
intervening variables
is the value, financial stability, and wholeness of health care organizations at the local, regional, state, and national levels
institutional integrity
protocols and procedures developed by an institution for overall use after the collection of evidence
best policies
who established the tidal model?
phil barker
views health and illness as fluid; life as a journey
tidal model
states that patients can become physically, emotionally, or spiritually shipwrecked
tidal model
tidal model uses the metaphor of ___
water
3 domains of the person in the tidal model
- self domain
- world domain
- others domain
a belief in the virtue of curiosity
tidal model
___ of the power of resourcefulness
recognition
___ for the patient’s wishes
respect
___ of the paradox of crisis as opportunity
acceptance
___ that all goals must belong to the patient
acknowledging
the virtue of pursing ___, which means the simplest possible means should be sought
elegance
where people feel their expereinces
self domain
where people hold their stories
world domain
represents the relationships of the patient; past, present, and future; includes the patient’s care team
others domain
