Kabola Theory

This statement is hereby identified as “Because of the intense and emotional relationship they form with pediatric oncology patients and their families, pediatric oncology nurses are exposed to multiple and compound work-related losses” (Conte, 2014). This statement encompasses the entire nature of the article and intimately describes the title as set forth.

Nursing as a profession is committed to the care of patients and families throughout health and illness and across all setting of care. Nurses assess and plan care to deal with the multidimensional range of needs for those faced with cancer. Nurses have been integrally concerned in efforts focused on cancer prevention, and they also are essential in the emerging area of clinical heredity for prevention and early

This theory has been a guiding frame for a lot of studies and researches. Some of the areas are nurse midwifery, perioperative nursing, urinary bladder control, orthopedic nursing, etc. For clinical practice, the perianesthesia nurses incorporated comfort theory in managing their patients’ comfort. The comfort theory was also used as a teaching philosophy in a fast- track nursing education program for students. Kolcaba developed the General Comfort Questionnaire to measure holistic comfort in a sample of hospital and community participants. She also asserts that emphasizing and

Growing up I did not dream about becoming a nurse. I graduated from high school with honors and was planning to go to law school. However, several months later, my life drastically changed. Unexpectedly, my beloved mother was diagnosed with stage II ovarian cancer. Spending countless days and nights by her side at the hospital made me recognize how significant and life-saving her care was. Nurses were highly skilled professionals who worked together to provide essential care for my mother, give immense support and encouragement, ensure that her treatment would be delivered timely, promptly assess and address her physical and emotional needs and manage her distressing symptoms.

Conceptual analysis is integral in understanding nursing theory. According to Walker and Avant (1995), concept analysis allows nursing scholars to examine the attributes or characteristics of a concept. It can be used to evaluate a nursing theory and allows for examination of concepts for relevance and fit within the theory. The phenomena of pain will be discussed in this paper and how it relates to the comfort theory.

My motivation to get a BSN starts with my goal to become an Oncology Nurse. “Oncology is one of the most challenging and rewarding fields in nursing and no two days on the job are ever the same” (2017). Per this same website, an oncology nurse needs to be a BSN or higher to get accreditation. Being accredited as an oncology nurse means that I am a nurse that is specialized in taking care of cancer patients. Cancer and the patients who have this disease are one of the reasons why I want to continue my education. I have had a couple friends and family who had cancer and have lost the battle and my grandmother, amazingly, survived it. Cancer has taken too many lives from too many families.

Patients, in any healthcare setting, deserve respect and care that is centered on their unique needs. Nurses and health care are required to assist them to achieve this goal. Changing the health care system will require us to reestablish our

ONCC(The Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation),is a program that evaluated nurses for oncology certification. The mission statement is to promote excellence in patient care and professional practice by validating specialized knowledge in oncology nursing and related specialties”. The vision statement on the other hand states that oncology care across the continuum will be provided by oncology certified professionals. The values of the ONCC are the corporations guiding principles and they include Integrity. The certification offered by ONCC requiers the highest level of professionalism and ethical practices and it nothing short of integral and trustworthy. This is replicated in both personal and professional relationships. The other value

The concept of comfort is one that nurses provide every shift; however, it is not always easy to define. Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory will be used. Walker and Avant’s method for concept analysis will be used. The first step is to select a concept, which is comfort. The next step is determining the purpose of the analysis. The purpose is to define what comfort means and what comfort measures are and how they are used in nursing. The third step is to identify the uses of the concept of comfort. This includes definitions of term comfort and a literature search. The fourth step is to determine the defining attributes of comfort. This allows for insight into the

Nursing goes beyond caring for a patient during their illness and managing their disease process. Nursing includes adapting to a patient’s and their family’s physical, social, spiritual, environmental and psychological needs. I believe in treating the whole patient and being supportive of the family’s needs as well. Shelly & Miller (2006) asserts “while critical thinking, decision-making, and leadership skills are extremely important, the characteristics nurses need most are compassion, competence, faith, integrity and responsibility” (p. 291).

Those desires also must be satisfied to avoid “dire consequences.”4 Desires and aspirations for social support, to stay in their own homes, to be understood, to be financially stable, and to return to former function are entailed in the construct of holistic comfort that embodies physical, psychospiritual, social, and environmental needs.2 Because the theory is based on the needs of patients, it is a representation of what patients hope to receive from nurses who are assigned to their care. Two facets of human needs have been identified and described as reflexive. First, needs provide a motivational drive

“The basic concept of the theory is that the nurse and patient communicate information, set goals together, and then take actions to achieve those goals. It describes an interpersonal relationship that allows a person to grow and develop in order to attain certain life goals. The factors that affect the attainment of goals are roles, stress, space, and time” (Nursing Theory, 2011).   King desired to advance the profession of nursing by developing a framework and theory that can be understood and used by all nurses, in any situation. She not only developed the theory but she always remained active in the profession and availed herself to nursing students around the clock to aid with their knowledge and application of the theory right up until her sudden death in 2007.

Health-seeking behaviors: The active process of seeking ways to change one’s lifestyle or environment to increase his or her health.

Bennett, C., Perry, J., & Lawrence, Z. (2009). Promoting health in primary care. Nursing Standard, 23(47), 48-56.

Effective health seeking behaviors related to the expressed desire for a higher level of wellness, evidenced by, involvement in physical/recreational activity in the community. The nurse may assist the members of the community to explore motivations, behaviors, and feelings regarding their determination to increase their level of wellness. In response to the person’s self- awareness for the desired elevation of maximum health, the nurse may reinforce the need to modify and plan more achievable personal goals.