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Nov 14, 2009 at 02:01 PM by NRSKarenRN
From Advance for Nurses:
Beyond The Last Lecture For Randy and Jai Pausch, nurses displayed humanity at its best.
By Amy McGuire
Last updated on: November 12, 2009
Editor's Note: Randy Pausch was a 45-year-old computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh when he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in August 2006. His inspirational book about living life to its fullest, The Last Lecture (2008, Hyperion), became a New York Times best-seller. Pausch died of complications July 25, 2008. In an ADVANCE exclusive, regional editor Amy McGuire talks with Pausch's widow, Jai, who shared her own story about those who "live in the moment" - the nurses who cared for her husband.
...To help them cope, Wyatt shared a book, Gone From My Sight, by Barbara Karnes, RN, which provides a step-by-step guide to the dying process, Jai said. ...
Blessing on all the nurses who touched this families life and helped Randy live to be able to inspire thousands people ... and support Jai on this journey.
I first became aquainted with
Gone From My Sight in 1993 when I became educated as hospice RN and have shared it with 100's of families over the years --wonderful pamphlet that explains dying process in easy to understand terms.
PS: Jai if your reading this, thank Randy for the idea of dual computer monitors to increase work productivity.... something I'm now implimenting in my homecare agency's Central Intake department along with scanning technology. Trying to follow his Time Management ideas past 6 months, still have a way to go with mesy desk 
Time Management Talk Time Management" by Randy Pausch, November 2007 Time Management slides pdf 
Beyond The Last Lecture -For Randy & Jai Pausch nurses displayed humanity at its best
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