Kolcaba Comfort Theory Paper
Kolcaba studied the meaning of comfort from the perspective of multiple disciplines. She viewed comfort as holistic, all-encompassing and not solely as perceived physical or emotional pain. Based on the theory, comfort is assessed upon four contextual areas. These include, physical, psychosocial, environmental and sociocultural. Kolcaba also defined comfort as existing in three forms, relief, ease and transcendence (Patiprin,2016). The conceptual framework of the comfort theory is used in the case study of Laura, a young college student undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease. Laura suffered unrelenting bouts of nausea and vomiting during her extensive course of chemotherapy. She began feeling socially isolated and depressed. Utilizing