[freebirth]

Pretty clear that, whatever mistakes this nurse may have made, this was not about a 71yo woman having a female significant other, as if “keeping them apart” is going to change their relationship on her deathbed.

That said, and granted we don’t have all the details - if I’m at death’s door and I want to talk to someone important to me I don’t want the nurse to make that impossible in the name of patient safety or to prolong my life by a few more minutes. There are few things more tragic than how we isolate the dying from their friends and families.

[goat granny]

Just something for you to think about, sometimes nurses run interception for patients that have stated they don't want so and so to visit more that 5 minutes...(have had this with a patient) I entered the room and ask the visitor to leave so patient could get some rest...its not about family, sometimes the patient makes the rules on their own visitors....When a person is weak and not up to too many visitors, they can suck the life (metaphorically) out of the patient...plus for some visitors its party time with conversations inappropriate for visiting someone ill in the hospital...Doctors also leave orders on patients visitors...its not cut and dry as you seem to think...don't want to offend you just stating some facts you may not be aware of...