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a middle-range nursing theory treating comfort as relief, ease and transcendence experienced across physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural and environmental contexts.

In nursing, comfort theory refers to a middle-range nursing theory treating comfort as relief, ease and transcendence experienced across physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural and environmental contexts. This meaning comes from Kolcaba (1994) in Journal of Advanced Nursing.[1]

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ease2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs relief3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs transcendence4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Kolcaba, K. Y. (1994). A theory of holistic comfort for nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 19(6), 1178-1184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01202.x

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