Emerging Nursing Theory
Chiazoka Nwokah
Felician University
NURS 215 Nursing Theory, Role Development, & Innovation
Prof. Clydie Coward-Murrell
06/05/2022
, Running Head: Emerging Nursing Theory 1
Abstract
Theory is a systematic way of viewing facts; it helps understands and find the
meaning of nursing experiences and provides direction and insights into safe patient care
and best practices. Nursing theories are systematized, knowledge-based ideas that
effectively determine the extent of nursing practice. Nursing theory enhances the quality
of care by communicating their procedures to the patients and explaining why it is done.
The Objectives of Nursing Theory The purpose of nursing theories is to teach, motivate
and boost nursing autonomy. Delivering comfort to patients and families is one of the
purposes of nursing care. To provide comfort, nurses must be ready to identify and
answer to patients in pain. Inconsistencies in the delivery of comfort care depend mainly
on the academic preparation of nurses. This project will incorporate the nursing theory
and its relation to practice, Katherine Kolcaba's theory, utilizes the concepts of the
metaparadigm, which include person, nursing, environment, and health. Nursing theory
can be applied in all areas of nursing, from administration, education, research, and
patient care.
Background
Theory is a group of related concepts that describe a specific view of nursing
phenomena. Theory is critical because it distinguishes between what we know and what
we need to know (Black, 2019). Nursing theory is very significant because nursing
practice is based on this theory. Nursing theory borrowed specific theories from
Physiology, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, Physics, and structures to design theories
in nursing. Nursing theory is essential in nursing practice because it operates as a
direction to the nursing process like assessment, intervention, and care evaluation.
Comfort theory is one of the most helpful nursing theories though it is relatively known;
Katharine Kolcaba developed it in the 1990s. Kolcaba was born in 1944 and obtained her
first nursing diploma in 1965. In 1997, she attained a Ph.D. in Nursing; she is also a
clinical nursing specialist and a volunteer with American Nurses Association. Her
education made way and earned her several awards (Kolcaba, n.d). According to
Kolcaba, relief, ease, and transcendence are three types of patient comfort. Relief comfort
Chiazoka Nwokah
Felician University
NURS 215 Nursing Theory, Role Development, & Innovation
Prof. Clydie Coward-Murrell
06/05/2022
, Running Head: Emerging Nursing Theory 1
Abstract
Theory is a systematic way of viewing facts; it helps understands and find the
meaning of nursing experiences and provides direction and insights into safe patient care
and best practices. Nursing theories are systematized, knowledge-based ideas that
effectively determine the extent of nursing practice. Nursing theory enhances the quality
of care by communicating their procedures to the patients and explaining why it is done.
The Objectives of Nursing Theory The purpose of nursing theories is to teach, motivate
and boost nursing autonomy. Delivering comfort to patients and families is one of the
purposes of nursing care. To provide comfort, nurses must be ready to identify and
answer to patients in pain. Inconsistencies in the delivery of comfort care depend mainly
on the academic preparation of nurses. This project will incorporate the nursing theory
and its relation to practice, Katherine Kolcaba's theory, utilizes the concepts of the
metaparadigm, which include person, nursing, environment, and health. Nursing theory
can be applied in all areas of nursing, from administration, education, research, and
patient care.
Background
Theory is a group of related concepts that describe a specific view of nursing
phenomena. Theory is critical because it distinguishes between what we know and what
we need to know (Black, 2019). Nursing theory is very significant because nursing
practice is based on this theory. Nursing theory borrowed specific theories from
Physiology, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, Physics, and structures to design theories
in nursing. Nursing theory is essential in nursing practice because it operates as a
direction to the nursing process like assessment, intervention, and care evaluation.
Comfort theory is one of the most helpful nursing theories though it is relatively known;
Katharine Kolcaba developed it in the 1990s. Kolcaba was born in 1944 and obtained her
first nursing diploma in 1965. In 1997, she attained a Ph.D. in Nursing; she is also a
clinical nursing specialist and a volunteer with American Nurses Association. Her
education made way and earned her several awards (Kolcaba, n.d). According to
Kolcaba, relief, ease, and transcendence are three types of patient comfort. Relief comfort
