Care at the Time of Death

Allow_Mystery...

A funny thought just struck me. Not so much funny Ha-Ha... more funny as in- ironic and sad.

I guess Johnson & Johnson is still in the bandaid business. We are hemorrhaging nurses and they have come up with a bandaid for the malady; i.e. a patronizing jingle.

I asked brian3222 (a couple of posts back) where he thinks (as a nursing student) our nursing leaders seem to be leading us. He sounded rather disenchanted. Maybe by now he has changed his major and left nursing before even getting into it? In which case I would ask any nursing students who may have wandered in to comment.

Do articles such as the one which initiated this thread inspire you? If you have an interest in hospice nursing, where did that come from? Did it come from “leaders in our field?” Working nurses? A personal experience? A patronizing jingle? Other?

Michael

Bravissima!
I have been a hospice nurse for many decades-studied with Kubler-Ross. Now I study with Frank Ostaseki of the Metta Instititute. Finally, FINALLY I can be honest with my patients (oops, clients) and meet them where they are in their experience. I can get pretty close through listening and knowing that they are me and I am them. I used to be all bravado and Catholic but felt as though I was convincing myself when I was asked the questions from those who are close to death. Now, I sit, wait, breathe. I summon the buddhas of compassion. I meet the clients-if they are suicidal, I research their suicide technique with them. If they are scared ,we speak of the the fear. We face it head on.
I am also a Reiki Master teacher and practitioner and also do the Reconnection. The results are beyond my imagination. I am grateful, humbled, blessed. I walk with gratititude and humor.
I am proud of your work, your intense interest in the so-called mystery.Keep going, keep going and be still.