Kolcaba, Katharine

Katharine Kolcaba, PhD, RN, C, is an Associate Professor at The University of Akron College of Nursing, where she enjoys teaching Comfort Care at different student levels. In addition to teaching theory, she also specializes in gerontology, research, and community health. She is the coordinator of her local Parish Nurse program, and provided leadership in developing the college's Nursing Care of Older Adults course, which won first place in a national competition sponsored by the Association of American Colleges of Nursing and the Hartford Foundation for Gerontological Excellence. Kolcaba has