Kolcaba described comfort as existing in 3 forms: 

relief, ease, and transcendence. Also, Kolcaba described 4 contexts in

which patient comfort can occur: physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and sociocultural.

 Kolcaba described comfort as existing in 3 forms: relief, ease, and transcendence.

 If specific comfort needs of a patient are met, for example, the relief of postoperative pain by administering
prescribed analgesia, the individual experiences comfort in the relief sense.

 If the patient is in a comfortable state of contentment, the person experiences comfort in the ease sense, for
example, how one might feel after having issues that are causing anxiety addressed.

 Lastly, transcendence is described as the state of comfort in which patients are able to rise above their
challenges. 

 Health Care Needs are those identified by the patient/family in a particular practice setting.

 Intervening Variables are those factors that are not likely to change and over which providers have little control
(such as prognosis, financial situation, extent of social support, etc).

 Comfort is an immediate desirable outcome of nursing care, according to Comfort Theory

 Health Seeking Behavior (HSBs):

 Institutional Integrity - the values, financial stability, and wholeness of health care organizations at local

 , regional, state, and national levels. 

 Best Policies are protocols and procedures developed by an institution for overall use after collecting evidence.

According to Kolcaba comfort exists in 3 forms which are relief, ease and transcendence. Also, she
described 4 contexts in which patient comfort can occur: physical, psychospiritual, environmental and
sociocultural.( http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/comfort_theory_Kathy_Kolcaba.html)