Nursing is one of the most critical components of the patient’s recovery path. It includes the examination and the maintenance of a constantly stable condition of the patient (Barnett et al., 2020). In this paper, Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory in the practical application during COVID-19 will be used as the leading theory (Vo, 2020). The nursing staff should use Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory because it not only supports the condition of patients but also helps to improve it in four contexts: physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and socio-cultural.
The pressure was applied to patients at all comfort levels during COVID-19 outbreaks. Regarding Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory and different comfort states, the nursing staff is forced to act as personnel. To relieve physical pain and provide relief comfort, the nursing staff uses painkillers. Moreover, after gaining experience while working with patients at the time of their infection with COVID-19, it was decided to improve the medical staff’s skills for older people’s care in nursing homes (Morin, 2020). Simultaneously, to ensure ease of comfort, the nursing staff creates a pleasant environment and maintains patients’ good physical condition with physical exercises, applying additional knowledge. That is why health workers in nursing homes have even more specialized training than health workers who work in hospitals (Daly et al., 2020). The acquisition of such skills often helps to work with particularly difficult patients.
Using Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory to provide transcendence comfort, patients need care and support from the people around them and a unique approach from the nursing staff. That is essential during recovery from COVID-19 that the patients can recover due to the staff’s support and care. Moreover, patients’ conditions and satisfaction, and transcendental comfort should be constantly checked and updated to keep information on their happiness levels (Simes et al., 2018). Therefore, by maintaining and checking patient satisfaction promptly, each comfort field can support patients’ constant positive state.
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