Katharine Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort Kelly Ferreira Summer, 2004. In the early part of the 20th century, comfort was the central goal of nursing and medicine. Comfort was the nurse's first consideration. A "good nurse" made patients comfortable. In the early 1900's, textbooks emphasized the role of a health care provider in assuring emotional and physical comfort and in adjusting the patient's environment. For example, in 1926, Harmer advocated that nursing care be
Grace Morgan Ms. Beach Language Arts 2 13 October 2014 Katharine: Dynamic or Static? Katherine was a novelty of a character and her maturity throughout the play was no less of an anomaly. At first glance it may seem obvious that she is a dynamic character, and that her sudden transformation from shrew to doting wife being the epitome of change and growth in a characters development. However further analysis of her character shows that she could be considered to remain a static and unchanging personality
Katharine once said, “Christ wishes the Christian Community to be a body that is perfect because we work together towards a single end, and the higher the motive which actuates this collaboration the higher, no doubt, will be the union. Now the end in question is supremely exalted: the continuous sanctification of the Body for the glory of God and the Lamb that was slain.” (A-Z Quotes). This quote describes Katharine’s way of working towards creating her orphanages and schools with her order. Despite
Introduction Katharine Kolcaba Nurse Theorist developed the comfort theory. The comfort theory as described by Ms. Kolcaba, is the obtaining of strength by getting needs for comfort addressed in four perspectives instantly. These contexts include a patient’s physical as well as psycho-spiritual. Also included in this is the socio-cultural and environmental (Masters 2004). The purpose of this paper is to discuss Katharinie Kolcaba’s theory, the comfort theory, and how this theory can be used in
Are relationships best built between introverts and extroverts? “The Birthday Party” by Katharine Brush is a story ridden with metaphors and symbolism. The story is narrated by an individual seated opposite to the two main characters, in a small-scale restaurant having dinner. Katharine Brush asserts her belief that an individual identity is affected negatively by the clashing of opposing identities; mostly within relationships. The situation of the story starts of splendid and merry until the
Do you know the theoretical foundation and major concepts of The Comfort Theory, by theorist Katharine Kolcaba? The Comfort Theory was originated by Katharine Kolcaba in the 1990’s. With her research and focus from three early nursing theorists, she utilized and created her style of comfort concept analysis. Interventions such as holding hands with a hospice patient, reducing stress in a college student, and the variations of treatments in the stages of pain and suffering are identified in The
In the short story, “The Birthday Party” by Katharine Brush, Brush utilized literary devices such as repetition and point of view to emphasize the theme and purpose of her short story. Through the use of the third person point of view, the reader is able to understand the events that are happening in the restaurant without actually reading dialogue. An example would be when the waiter had brought out the cake and the husband’s feelings are described. “Instead he was hotly embarrassed, and indignant
months planning the right thing to give to your significant other on their birthday. However, when you present them with your gif. You receive malicious comments rather than gratuity from him or her. This leaves you heartbroken and maybe even angry. Katharine Brush writes in her short story, “Birthday Party” about a birthday party gone awry. She explains the events of the evening and even sympathizes with the woman. The couple who seemed to be in their “late thirties” were dining together in a narrow
The first paragraph of Katharine Brush’s “Birthday Party” misleadingly creates an image of a couple that is in love and happy to be together. However, Brush’s use of various literary devices reveals the true nature of the couple’s relationship. Soon it becomes evident that while the husband is outwardly hostile towards his wife, she is very fixated on pleasing him and keeping up the appearance of a happy marriage. It is revealed to be the husband’s birthday when the wife’s “little surprise” is brought
Many emotions may be expressed with silence. In Katharine Brush's short story, "The Birthday Party"the husband reaction to his surprise with a mere priceless face expressions. Brush's use of caricature and imagery in order to achieve her purpose of exploring the deeper meaning of women's role in the late fourties. Women's average role was to cook, clean, and care for the children. Their priority was to attend the husband and children if any. If they were to do anything out of ordinary such as take