Comfort measures encompass a wide range of interventions:
1. Pain Management: Administering medications like analgesics or non-pharmacological methods such as relaxation techniques. 2. Environmental Adjustments: Ensuring a quiet, clean, and well-lit environment to promote relaxation. 3. Emotional Support: Offering counseling or simple companionship to alleviate feelings of loneliness and anxiety. 4. Physical Comfort: Providing proper bedding, adjusting room temperature, and ensuring the patient is in a comfortable position. 5. Hygiene Care: Regularly assisting with bathing, oral care, and changing clothes or linens to maintain personal hygiene. 6. Nutritional Support: Offering appropriate food and fluids to meet dietary needs and preferences. 7. Spiritual Care: Respecting and facilitating the patient's spiritual or religious practices.
