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The Comfort Cart houses some of the items on the menu, including aromatherapy products, distraction tools, earbuds, sleep masks, and massage tools.

What works: How can we make you more comfortable?

One hospital’s journey to improve the patient experience.

Takeaways

  • In an effort to improve the state of pain management, nurses in the acute care setting of one hospital developed a plan to supplement traditional pharmacologic treatments with nonpharmacologic interventions.
  • A Comfort Menu and Comfort Cart provide patients with nonpharmacologic pain and comfort interventions.

By Ashleigh Anderson, BSN, RN, PCCN, and Amanda Swedhin, BSN, RN, CMSRN

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