A personal reflection: A final embrace
Author Department
Nursing
Document Type
Article, Non peer-reviewed
Publication Date
11-1-2008
Abstract
Some simple nursing interventions can have extraordinarily therapeutic results for patients and families. A man was transferred to our intensive care unit after suffering a devastating head injury. Knowing he would not survive, I felt that his wife needed the opportunity to lie beside him one more time. Her response prompted me to write this in hopes of enlightening other nurses who may, for whatever reason, be reticent to try this approach to healing.
Publication ISSN
0884-8734
Recommended Citation
Stambovsky M. A personal reflection: A final embrace Dimens Crit Care Nurs 2008 Nov;27(6):268-9.
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