Symposium on compassionate care and the dying experience. Alterations in comfort.
This article discusses the alterations in comfort that occur most frequently in the dying patient. Common priorities of patients are identified with appropriate nursing interventions detailed.
D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003248:Constipation / Q000451:nursing; D004644:Emotions; D005221:Fatigue / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D009294:Narcotics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009325:Nausea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009812:Odorants; D059408:Pain Management; D011187:Posture; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D013727:Terminal Care; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D000932:Antiemetics; D009294:Narcotics