The emancipatory theory of compassion was created by Dr Jane Georges, it assumes the universality of suffering and the means by which suffering can be alleviated through compassion. Emancipatory is used to emphasize the centrality power relations have on suffering, and the ability to render compassion impossible. The emancipatory theory define compassion as the wish […]

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort is a middle-range theory for health practice, education, and research that was developed in the 1990s. The theory explains comfort as a fundamental need of all human beings for relief, ease, or transcendence arising from health care situations that are stressful. This theory came up when Katharine Kolcaba conducted a concept […]

Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing was developed by Sister Callista Roy in 1976. Roy’s model posits that a person is a bio-psycho-social being who’s in constantl interaction with a changing environment. The model explains how people adapt to environmental changes using four components, including person, health, environment, and nursing. According to Roy’s adaptation model of […]