Katharine Kolcaba 2003 288 pp $3795...

Katharine Kolcaba 2003 288 pp $3795 paperback

Whenever I descry the word "theory" in a book's title, I typically dismiss the main division and move on or resign myself to a relatively thirsty and tough read. I was pleasantly surprised, therefore, to find Comfort Theory and Practice common of the most engaging and easy-to-read works I have encountered in the field of nursing practice.

The purport of the book is to existing the comfort theory, its origins, unravelling and application to patient care. It also relates the theory to positive patient consequences and the unique role of give suck tos in achieving those outcomes. The volume concludes by showing how the comfort theory applies to the general human ne for comfort.

The work is a first-person account of the progression in a continuously ascending gradation of the comfort theory. The author discusses the origins of the theory in the late 1980 and describes to what extent it has evolved in patient care. In addition to compiling her allow ideas on the theory, the author incorporates work that has supported and evolveed the theory over the years. The allusion list is comprehensive.

Each chapter examines a specific topic relating to comfort and includes attributes and examples. It begins with a cite and ends with the author's musings forward the quote. This feature is enjoyable because it invites readers to meditate the concepts just presented before moving forward to the next chapter.

Incorporating the ideas of the comfort theory in the care of surgical patients is a must. For perioperative foments the window is small for providing comfort to patients in particularly anxiety-filled impetuss Additionally, as nurses consistently work below high-stress conditions and care for a larger number of patients who are sicker, they ne to comfort undivided another every day.

The work is a tremendous resource and significant in its ability to join with readers. The appendix calm includes questionnaires about comfort care and a comfort scale that suckles can use to quickly assess the comfort flushs of their patients. Comfort Theory and Practice should be required reading for all who aspire to obtain or already have obtained their RN license.

This volume is available from Springer Publishing, 536 Broadway, strange York, NY 10012-3955, http://www.springerpub.com.

VICTORIA L TIASE

RN BSN BA, CNOR

PERIOPERATIVE INSTRUCTOR

fresh YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL

novel YORK WEILL CORNELL CENTER

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