honoring your kiddos

[smurfynursey]

hello AN,

One of the kids that I took care of recently passed. I wasn't with him for that long (4 months), all things considered and didn't find out he passed until 2 weeks later (yesterday). I sent his mom a card, but am struggling to come up with something more for my own self.

What do you do to honor your PDN/home care patients that pass who you are fond of? I was thinking about sending a balloon...

ready....set....go!

[PediLove2147, BSN, RN]

I was with a patient for a year when she passed (suddenly) and it was very hard because I wasn't sure what was appropriate. I ended up sending a card. All the nurses were invited to her funeral, unfortunately I was unable to attend. I did go to her memorial a year later which was nice. I was able to see the family and again pay my respects.

[ventmommy]

Some of our nurses have done the following for my son: sent brownies, sent three trees to be planted in my yard, sent money to the agency that placed him with us in his memory, sent a really nice scrapbook with all the pages done (we just had to add the photos), and lots of cards.