Abstract
Comfort theory has been used effectively with diverse groups. According to this theory comfort is holistic, is of three types, and occurs in four contexts. Comfort theory defines the role of nursing in terms of identifying unmet comfort needs, and planning and achieving comfort for the patient. The purpose of this paper is to outline Kathy Kolcaba's mid-range theory, determine how it might be utilized in practice, and then evaluate its application. Kolcaba specifically intended her theory of comfort as a framework for clinical practice.

Tags:comfort, pain, assess

Abstract
The paper discusses art by Korean ex-comfort women of WWII and how they would paint on themes supporting the comfort women's cause. The paper relates that the government of Japan continues to refute the fact that at least 200,000 Asian and some European women were abducted into military brothel sex slavery. This paper posits that art is perhaps more effective than a large published account of comfort women and their claims in conveying the nature of their experience.

From the Paper
"The Korean peninsula was colonized by Japan from 1910 till the defeat of imperial Japan in 1945 as signaled the end of World War II. From the late 1930s, an unknown total of Korean girls were sent to serve military brothels of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) throughout occupied Asia where they met similar abductees from occupied China, the Philippines, Malaya, Burma, what is now Indonesia. George Hicks explained the IJA's institutionalization of brothels and their staffing with abducted girls provided by contractors in different countries. (1995) After 1945, the..."

Tags:comfort women, artist, activism, wwii

Abstract
This paper discusses the nursing theory of comfort which explains a philosophy of care that is concerned with fulfilling holistic comfort needs of patients, families and nurses. It describes the history of the theory and how it can be applied to pediatric nursing, providing comfort warming on preoperative patients and assisting patients with chronic illness.

Table of Contents:
The History of Comfort Theory
Concepts in Comfort Theory
Application of the Comfort Theory in Recent Researches
Application to Pediatric Nursing
Providing Comfort Warming on Preoperative Patients
Assisting Clients with Chronic Illness
Conclusion

From the Paper
"This article suggested the importance of nurses' roles in assessing, recognizing, and providing interventions to address these problems. In terms of assessment, nurses should identify the presence of a social contact, his home settings, as well as his ability to drive. Identification of the proximity of the patient's closest relatives must be identified. It is also imperative that the patient's outlook in life is identified. Nursing interventions must then be introduced. Patients may be provided with peer counseling or referring them to support groups. Helping patients rebuild their relationships with their family by initiating contact or introducing family support groups may improve the patients' quality of life."

Tags:patient intervention, quality of life

Abstract
This paper discusses the nurse's role in improving comfort for the post partum mother. The paper describes the reasons that comfort may be needed in a post partum situation and discusses the use of comfort in improving the health and recovery of the new mother and baby. The paper also defines attributes of comfort that can be used by the nurse who is involved.

Table of Contents:
Relating Theory To Practice
Uses of Comfort
Defining Attributes Of Comfort

From the Paper
"A myriad of comfort directed behaviors are required to care for the new mother, especially in preparing them for their home life with a new baby. Most notably, "hormonal changes and physical discomfort are known to affect sleep" (Lee, Zaffke & McEnany, 2000, p. 17). Sleep deprivation is one of the leading causes of more pronounced cases of postpartum related depression, lasting longer than 12 - 14 days. Moore (2001) tells us that lack of a social support system is a primary contributing factor to postpartum depression. Nurses are often seen in the role of providing the necessary social support. Between the hormonal influences on postpartum depression and the lack of a social system in place, nursing care oriented towards comfort can significantly decrease the postpartum depression experience. Moore (2001) says the nurse should practice anticipatory management for postpartum depression when the mother is still in the hospital and comfort directed care could be provided."

Tags:recovery, depression, newborn, support

Abstract
This paper presents a case study of the company, Comfort Homes. It identifies two new market ventures Comfort Homes could potentially
enter and assesses the performance of Comfort Homes' owner-manager. The paper also looks at developing a strategy that will help direct Comfort Homes' future. The paper provides a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis and a Porter's five forces analysis of the company.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Owner-Manager Performance
Positives
Vision and Commitment
Financial Control
Quality Control
Risk Taking
Room for Improvement
Marketing Inexperience
Delegation Issues
Human Resource Issues
Strategic Plan
SWOT
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Current Strategy
Revised Strategy
New Market Venture
Porter's Five Forces
Government Housing Commission
Rural Farm Market
Conclusion

From the Paper
"James will have to overcome the communication issue within Comfort Homes in order to realise cost improvements and future expansion in the business. In sharing the knowledge James holds about the business he can effectively transfer his individual knowledge to an organizational level (Endres et al 2007). By informing his employees about the strategic direction Comfort Homes is taking, i.e. being an integrated cost leader and differentiator, staff can share suggestions and look for ways to reduce costs in the business. James could possibly even share the business financials with the staff under an open book policy, which has help many companies save on costs and improve their margins (Robbins et al. 2001). Last but not least Comfort Homes should keep in mind that as it grows it can take advantage of economies of scale, which will be a significant cost cutter. Therefore Comfort Homes will have to look to grow and expand, as will be discussed next in the new market analysis section, in order to gain greater buying power from suppliers."

Tags:strategy, owner-manager, market

Abstract
In this paper, the duality of comfort and loss has been analyzed in this literary study of Wordsworth poem "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey." Wordsworth's poem defines comfort through the memories of youth in the natural setting of Tintern Abbey. By realizing his past recollections of the Abbey as a youth he is able to understand how to deal with the loss of his sister's life, as well as to confront his own mortality as an older man.

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Tags:wordsworth, tintern, abbey

Abstract
This paper examines a specific medical case of a 22-year-old male with AIDS at the end of life. The paper further examines the scope of comfort theory and then applies comfort theory to the case for a more in-depth understanding of how comfort theory was used to assist the patient in his final days. The paper further explores research questions that could be applied to the case and the research that would support an examination of those questions. Finally, the paper discusses the previous research related to end of life care and patients with AIDS.

From the Paper
"The paper shall examine a specific medical case of a 22-year-old male with AIDS at the end of life. The paper will further examine the scope of comfort theory and then apply comfort theory to the case for a more in-depth understanding of how comfort theory was used to assist the patient in his final days. The paper will further explore research questions that could be applied to the case and the research that would support an examination of those questions. Finally, the paper will discuss the previous research related to end of life care and patients with AIDS."

Tags:nursing, health, care

Abstract
This paper explains that, until recently, the Japanese government has been able to deny responsibility for the part it played in the atrocities committed against the 'comfort women'. This denial of responsibility has had a huge impact, not only on the victims, but also on the collective community of Japan. The author points out that the Japanese government denied its responsibility for playing any part in the organized sex slavery. However, in the early 1990s, with the first lawsuit filed against the Japanese government and the surfacing of documents that directly implicated military officials in the organized prostitution of comfort women, the Japanese government had no choice but to take a new stance on the previous denial of responsibility for these crimes, recognize the moral responsibility for these crimes, and apologize for them. The paper stresses that legal responsibility is also necessary because Japan has made no reparations to the victims, no acknowledgment of legal liability, and has undertaken no prosecutions against the war criminals who committed these crimes.

From the Paper
"The term "comfort women" was the official name given by the Japanese Imperial Army to the military's organization of forced prostitution across the Japanese Empire from 1931 to 1945. An estimated 200,000 women were recruited by force, coercion, or deception into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army in order to satisfy their sexual needs during the period of World War II. Women were taken from their homes in Korea, China, the Dutch East Indies, Taiwan, Malaysia, Burma and the Philippines and were sent to locations throughout Japanese occupied Asia where they were imprisoned in facilities know as "comfort houses". In these 'comfort houses', they were raped daily by soldiers, forced to endure torture and abuse and even murdered. By the end of the war approximately 25% of these women had died. Those who did survive were scarred both physically and psychologically for life."

Tags:atrocities, lawsuit, apologies, liability, destroyed

Abstract
This paper discusses the strategic management of two stores - The Comfort Zone, a small second hand furniture store, and JC Penney, one of the largest retailers in the United States. The paper discusses restructuring of the organizations and the use of information technology in their growth. The effect of leadership on strategy and how to maintain momentum of the growth of the companies is also examined.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Restructuring
Information Technology
Maintaining Momentum
The Effect of Leadership on Strategy
Management Information Systems in Retail
Branding

From the Paper
"An effective strategy on paper may sound like the perfect way to make it to the top and gain competitive advantage over all other retailers for either company- JCPenney or The Comfort Zone. However, it is not a quick process. The strategy relies almost entirely on the implementation processes that go along with it. If implementation is conducted properly, managers will feel as though they are working toward a greater good; as cliche as that sounds. They will no longer feel the need to promote self-servicing behaviour and will ultimately work for the company. Strategies are virtually ineffective without a team that believes in them and feels that the methods being suggested, with follow-through will succeed. Managers do not want to fight a losing battle and in JCPenney's situation, it is defined 'walking on eggshells' process to get back to the top. The media and investors are going to continue to have a cautious eye and report any slip-ups that may take place, but after knowing such, they will respect the positive outcome even more."

Tags:implementation, leadership, processes, IT, retail, products

Abstract
This paper discusses the ways that artistic activism portrays Korean girls who were sent to serve military brothels of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) throughout occupied Asia, during World War II. It discusses how, together with international law, litigation and documentation, artistic activism has attempted to draw more supporters to the comfort women's cause.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Artistic Activism
Exhibits in North America
Concluding Discussion

From the Paper
"Far work continues to be promised in the future, as more women and other artists take up the cause of the comfort women, making use of their testimony collected in several countries and what are said to be numerous surviving photographs taken shortly after the end of the War or at different times in the surviving comfort women's futures. For viewers not at all interested in imperial Japan's atrocities in Asia or the comfort women in particular, each work discussed in this paper, nonetheless, succeeds in a kind of informal reminder that what we see in the exterior or a person, or in perceptible emotions, can tell very little indeed as to a person's precise life experience. Of the third or so of comfort women to survive their existences of being military prostitutes, each had an horrendous story of devaluation, violence and injuries of all kinds."

Tags:testimony, IJA, brothel