What are the taboos when visiting seriously ill patients and what are the precautions when visiting patients

If a relative, friend or friend is seriously ill and hospitalized, appropriate care and concern, and visiting the patient in the hospital are necessary etiquette. However, when visiting a seriously ill patient, there are many things to pay attention to, including the gifts given, the conversations, and the choice of time to visit. These are all very important, bringing warmth to the patient and helping to speed up the patient's recovery.

What should I pay attention to when visiting a patient?

Methods/Steps

Get to know relevant information in advance, such as the patient's condition, current mood, hospital he/she is in, the ward he/she is staying in, whether you can visit him/her, and visiting hours. If the patient is very emotionally unstable, you must be very careful about your words and actions and prepare words of comfort in advance.

When giving gifts to patients, you should consider the patient's condition and the meaning of the gift. Usually, the more popular gifts we send are flowers, fruits, books, magazines, and nutritional supplements. But we must pay attention to the patient's condition. For example, some diabetics cannot eat fruit, or patients with respiratory diseases are not suitable for breathing air containing pollen.

When choosing a visiting time, try to avoid the patient's meal and rest time. It is also not suitable to visit in the morning and at noon, because the patient's sleep and diet are more important than ordinary people. If the patient is recuperating at home, it is generally better to visit in the afternoon.

There should not be too many people traveling together, and the voices should not be loud, otherwise it will not only affect the patient, but also the people in the same ward.

Do not ask the patient about his or her condition in detail. During the visit, talk about interesting things you have seen in life or positive topics to make the patient feel happy and forget about the illness temporarily. If the patient brings up the topic on his own initiative, you can talk about examples of how he overcame the disease and bring it over lightly, so that the patient can feel at ease and have the confidence to overcome the disease.

Avoid any words or actions that may make the patient mistakenly believe that his or her condition is serious, such as crying or speaking in a sad tone. It is best to speak as you normally would during the conversation.

For the sake of the patient’s health, keep visits as short as possible. Visiting time should generally not exceed half an hour.

The experience content is for reference only. If you need to solve specific problems (especially in the fields of law, medicine, etc.), it is recommended that you consult professionals in related fields in detail.