Tag: Katharine Kolcaba’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Comfort Theory

Kolcaba developed her nursing theory in the 1990s. It is a middle range nursing theory designed for nursing practice, research, and education. According to her theory, patient comfort exists in three forms: relief, ease, and transcendence. These comforts can occur in four contexts: physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and sociocultural. Relief comfort usually comes in the form…