The art of comfort care.
Nursing art is defined and a template is presented for practicing one type of nursing art called comfort care. Propositions for comfort care are derived from a theory of comfort. Benefits are listed for integrating comfort care into practice. Testimony from a student who learned and applied comfort care provides support for its effectiveness as a learning tool. Comfort care is a holistic, individualistic, creative, and efficient model.
University of Akron, College of Nursing, OH 44325, USA.
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D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009820:Ohio; D012944:Social Support; D009626:Terminology as Topic