Evidence (or the relationship hetween comfort and
health-seekit^ hehaviours
Contemporary nurse thinkers contmue to explore the
significance of the construct comfort for nursmg
SdJotfeldt (1981) states that a focus of nursmg is to assist
dients to achieve optimal heaith, function, comfort and
self-fulfilment The Amencan Nurses' Assoaation's
posihon statement on promotion of eomfort m dymg
patients states that the m£un goal m the nursmg care of
dymg pahents should be maximizmg comfort as is
consistent with the desu-es of the pahent (Hockenberger