The cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center experiences numerous recoveries, but also confronts death. The Community initiative, led by nurses, aids in providing support during end-of-life care. It emphasizes the importance of honoring patients' final moments and allowing families to voice their wishes while guiding caregivers through grief. The initiative fosters an ethos where both survival and death are seen as significant transitions, thereby ensuring that patients are treated with dignity, compassion, and respect in their final hours.
The initiative, known as Community, empowers nurses to advocate for patients' wishes at life's end, establishing an atmosphere of dignity, love, and respect during dying.
Lindsay Brant, a CCRN, emphasizes that recognizing death can be as important as celebrating life, with the transition being treated with grace and honor.
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