There are times when a lot of attention and resources are focused on a problem, that once addressed and the diagnostics are resulted...
The family of the patient, becomes the patient(s).
A life-ending condition, does not mean the end of an ED Nurse's attention. The immediate patient's needs still will be addressed. However; it takes an experienced ED Nurse to realize that they now have another, if not a few more, patients in the same room.
Comfort Care is usually thought of as making a terminal patient comfortable. Elimination, pain control, etc. That is just the surface, the overt actions one takes. It is the call to the Hospital Chaplain, the Case Manager or Social Worker; the breaking of "the rules" and allowing more than the allotted number of visitors at the bedside, answering questions, providing support, and most importantly...
Being present.
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