Endings Prepare Us for New Beginnings
May all of your endings be as heartfelt, peaceful and filled with love as your new beginnings.
Happy 2015!
Invisible Patient
As health care providers we focus primarily on the terminally ill patients and their comfort. But as a trained Palliative nurse I look beyond the inhabitant of the terminally ill bed and assess the needs of the caregivers as well.
In a recent article written by Jane Gross for the New York Times titled, “Seeing the Invisible Patient,” she comments on the plight and the overwhelming burden caregivers endure.
In a
Taking a Break From Death
I recently returned from a 6 week getaway to Italy with my husband. I envisioned taking the time and having the inclination to go deep into my contemplation and years of study and experience with death. I hoped for great insight and perspective on issues surrounding death during my absence. Well I didn’t. I didn’t take the time nor did I have the inclination to ponder death.
I did visit the local cemet