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NR501-concept analysis-COMFORT What is comfort? Comfort is a term that has different meanings depending on the person needing it. It’s a concept that changes with each patient in the nursing profession. Zajac describes using Kolcaba’s Theory of Caring by stating the nurse has a role to assess what comfort needs the patient has, design a plan for comfort measures and address those needs, then reassess the patient after implementing your plan and compare to the starting baseline (Zajac, 2010). When figuring out what comfort means to the patient, it could be several things. One of your patients may think by giving pain medication you are comforting them. Others may believe that by being in the room and having a conversation with them is a great way to comfort them instead of them being alone. You may see the term comfort measure as core value for any hospital or health care organization. Actions taken by the nurse to comfort a patient are so common and part of their daily work, that it often goes unnoticed as an intervention for that patient. I have chosen Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory to concentrate on the concept of comfort. Kolcaba believed you experienced comfort in three ways: relief, ease, and transcendence. Smith (2011) quotes Kolcaba by saying that, “Comfort is defined as the immediate outcome of feeling strengthened when needs for relief, ease, and transcendence are addressed in the context of experience, physical, spiritual, sociocultural, and environmental” (Smith, 2011, pp.12). Determining what must be done to comfort that patient can be difficult at times. Kolcaba believes by delivering comfort consistently over time, a trend will correlate by increasing comfort levels over time, with desired health seeking behaviors, will promote improved institutional outcomes Kolcaba, 2010). Background image of page 2 Running Head: Concept Analysis- Comfort 3 Completion of a concept analysis, on comfort, can be done after identification of what comfort is and by determining what are the steps that must be taken to complete the goal. When you think of a concept analysis you think of Walker and Avant and their approach to a concept analysis. ElSadr et al states that Walker and Avant describe a concept analysis as a way to describe a category of information or concept and to clarify its meaning (ElSadr et al, 2009). A concept analysis is done when a theory needs improvement or more detail. McEwen & Willis (2011) has the steps in conducting a concept analysis as:  Select a concept  Determine the aims or purpose of analysis  Identify all the uses of the concept  Determine the defining attributes  Recognize the model case  Find the alternate cases  Pinpoint the antecedents and consequences  Define the empirical referents Aim or Purpose The purpose of a concept analysis is to determine what the patient’s thoughts or meaning of comfort are by performing a concept analysis appro

NR501-concept analysis-COMFORT What is comfort? Comfort is a term that has different meanings depending on the person needing it. It’s a concept that changes with each patient in the nursing…

Continue ReadingNR501-concept analysis-COMFORT What is comfort? Comfort is a term that has different meanings depending on the person needing it. It’s a concept that changes with each patient in the nursing profession. Zajac describes using Kolcaba’s Theory of Caring by stating the nurse has a role to assess what comfort needs the patient has, design a plan for comfort measures and address those needs, then reassess the patient after implementing your plan and compare to the starting baseline (Zajac, 2010). When figuring out what comfort means to the patient, it could be several things. One of your patients may think by giving pain medication you are comforting them. Others may believe that by being in the room and having a conversation with them is a great way to comfort them instead of them being alone. You may see the term comfort measure as core value for any hospital or health care organization. Actions taken by the nurse to comfort a patient are so common and part of their daily work, that it often goes unnoticed as an intervention for that patient. I have chosen Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory to concentrate on the concept of comfort. Kolcaba believed you experienced comfort in three ways: relief, ease, and transcendence. Smith (2011) quotes Kolcaba by saying that, “Comfort is defined as the immediate outcome of feeling strengthened when needs for relief, ease, and transcendence are addressed in the context of experience, physical, spiritual, sociocultural, and environmental” (Smith, 2011, pp.12). Determining what must be done to comfort that patient can be difficult at times. Kolcaba believes by delivering comfort consistently over time, a trend will correlate by increasing comfort levels over time, with desired health seeking behaviors, will promote improved institutional outcomes Kolcaba, 2010). Background image of page 2 Running Head: Concept Analysis- Comfort 3 Completion of a concept analysis, on comfort, can be done after identification of what comfort is and by determining what are the steps that must be taken to complete the goal. When you think of a concept analysis you think of Walker and Avant and their approach to a concept analysis. ElSadr et al states that Walker and Avant describe a concept analysis as a way to describe a category of information or concept and to clarify its meaning (ElSadr et al, 2009). A concept analysis is done when a theory needs improvement or more detail. McEwen & Willis (2011) has the steps in conducting a concept analysis as:  Select a concept  Determine the aims or purpose of analysis  Identify all the uses of the concept  Determine the defining attributes  Recognize the model case  Find the alternate cases  Pinpoint the antecedents and consequences  Define the empirical referents Aim or Purpose The purpose of a concept analysis is to determine what the patient’s thoughts or meaning of comfort are by performing a concept analysis appro

HCR 230 Week 5 Individual Assignment Understanding Work-Related Injuries Resources: Appendix C and pp. 425–427 in Ch. 13 of Medical Insurance   Complete Appendix C by reading the five case studies and determine whether or not these injuries are covered under workers compensation. Provide supporting arguments and cite the appropriate workers’ compensation injury classification category as directed in the Appendix.   Compose a 750- to 1,050-word response describing the workers’ compensation claim process. Include the following information in your answer:   1.      Overall description of the workers. compensation claims process 2.      Responsibilities of the employee, employer, physician, and insurance carrier 3.      How do HIPAA Privacy Rules apply to workers’ compensation? 4.      What are the implications of unrestricted access to a patient’s medical records? Refer to Chapter 13 of your textbook and at least one additional reference from the Internet or University Library, for a minimum of two references. Format your response consistent with APA guidelines. ORDER A SIMILAR ESSAY WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH at : https://www.thenursinggeeks.com/  

HCR 230 Week 5 Individual Assignment Understanding Work-Related Injuries Resources: Appendix C and pp. 425–427 in Ch. 13 of Medical Insurance   Complete Appendix C by reading the five case…

Continue ReadingHCR 230 Week 5 Individual Assignment Understanding Work-Related Injuries Resources: Appendix C and pp. 425–427 in Ch. 13 of Medical Insurance   Complete Appendix C by reading the five case studies and determine whether or not these injuries are covered under workers compensation. Provide supporting arguments and cite the appropriate workers’ compensation injury classification category as directed in the Appendix.   Compose a 750- to 1,050-word response describing the workers’ compensation claim process. Include the following information in your answer:   1.      Overall description of the workers. compensation claims process 2.      Responsibilities of the employee, employer, physician, and insurance carrier 3.      How do HIPAA Privacy Rules apply to workers’ compensation? 4.      What are the implications of unrestricted access to a patient’s medical records? Refer to Chapter 13 of your textbook and at least one additional reference from the Internet or University Library, for a minimum of two references. Format your response consistent with APA guidelines. ORDER A SIMILAR ESSAY WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH at : https://www.thenursinggeeks.com/