am I wrong to say this to a family?

[Ms.RN]

i had a hospice patient yesterday and when i saw her, she looked like she is about to expire. this patient said she wanted to see her husband and her daughters and that she is feeling afraid. so i called her daughter, told her that she is not doing good and if she can come to see her because i dont know if shes gonna make it until tomorrow. so her daughter came, was very upset that i told her that shes not gonna make it until tomorrow and i immediately regretted saying it to her. i called hospice for her and she told hospice lady that she doesnt know whats going on because she saw her sister yesterday and she was just fine. she think shes very lethargic because we gave her too much pain medicine. am i wrong to say this? what should i have done in this situation?

[rockytopRN2b]

Once I had a resident that actually died in her wheel chair, pulsless, bp-less and breathless. We transferred her into her bed and she came back. She is still alive 3 years later.

Wow! That is really something!

My great-grandmother had dementia and was in very poor condition. I can't remember the number of times they told us she wouldn't live more than a few weeks at best. She surprised everyone and survived for over a year in that condition.

[hisblueskies]

While working in a hospital I had a seriously ill patient. The daughter asked me how long I thought her mother had and I said her mother did not appear to be dying and she might live several days longer. She died a half hour after I said that. I learned my lesson in not giving out that kind of information.