glimpses of the afterlife/nde

[ava246]

Hi!

So,pretty straightforward question.have any of you experienced your patients telling you they see their dead loved ones before passing? Or that they're going home and how at peace they are with it. Anything along those lines would be awesome.i have lossed many people dear to me.a sister,dad and first love. I find these stories extremely comforting.i want to go into nursing and death comes with the territory.im trying to emotionally,mentally and spiritually prepare myself for it.ive been around death more than id like (not that anybody likes it) and im wondering if theres a deeper meaning of why ive gone thru this.im only 27 and never imagined having family/friends so close to me not be around anymore so soon.perhaps it will make me stronger once i go into nursing? My heart is in the right place,being with critically ill patients.when they pass its these stories (afterlife visions) that'll help me get thru the day.

[abbnurse]

I recommend reading the book Final Gifts. It is written by a hospice nurse. I think it gives great insight and stories of what some hospice patient's experience at the end of life.

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Another book you might like is "Don't Kiss Them Goodbye", by Allison DuBois. I hope you will find it comforting. (BTW, Allison is the woman depicted in the TV show "Medium". )

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

"to da moon, alice, to da moon" ....thanks capecod

[NurseQT]

I cared for a patient about a month ago that one night complained she was unable to sleep because of all the people in the room... It was only her and the other night nurse in the room. The nurse tried telling her there was no one else in the room, but the patient kept saying there was a room full of people. Later on in the shift she told the CNA she was going to die. She passed away less than 48 hours later!

I also knew a young girl who died very unexpectedly in her sleep (she was only 4 and healthy!). The week prior to her death she kept saying she was going to die! About a month after her death her parents had developed some film and on it were pics of her a couple days before her death, in the photos she was sitting on the couch and next to her was an image of a man who resembled Jesus! Her parents were adamant that she had been sitting alone on the couch when the photo was taken. I never got to see these pictures but two different friends did see the pics and said they saw the exact same image!