Author/Authors :
ÇINAR YÜCEL, Şebnem Ege Üniversitesi - Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu - Hemşirelik Esasları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Comfort is a term that has a significant historical and contemporary association with nursing. Roy, Orlando, Watson, Paterson and other theorists use comfort in nursing theories. Comfort theory was developed by Kolcaba. Her theory provides a broader view encompassing many elements of care. The comfort is defined as; “an expected result of a complex conformation of providing peace and help about individual’s needs in a physical, psycho-spiritual, social and environmental entity to overcome the problems”. Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory is explained.
