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CARE AND COMFORT TO TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT
PSYCHOLOGICALLY
Many patients with terminal illness fear dying alone.
01 Patients feel more hopeful when others are near to help
them.
• Answer call lights promptly and check on patients often to
Protect Against
reassure them that someone is close at hand.
Abandonment • Consider carefully whether or not to place a patient who is
and Isolation actively dying in a private room. If family members plan to
stay with the patient at all times or if you have assessed
high privacy needs for the patient and family, a private
room is best.
