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req_read

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  1. Innovative Ways to Help Both Family & Patient

    req_read replied to nursejudy15209's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Great! Best Wishes.

  2. Innovative Ways to Help Both Family & Patient

    req_read replied to nursejudy15209's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Judy, My curiosity was piqued by your statement…”I provide "Continuous Care" through an agency…” The implication being that your agency anticipates pt/fam need or desire for Continuous,...

  3. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Leslie… Referring back to page 36, Post # 353 of this thread… I’ve been thinking about this, for a year and a half or so (referring to your comment, “it's all good. it's really, all...

  4. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Well, I’m coming down with a x-mas URI so will probably be in for it for a few days. Still, I thought it might be useful to illustrate how a so-called magical moment might be shrouded in doubt and...

  5. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie… Thank you for clarifying. I’ll admit that some of your statements along those lines have left me scratching my head… wondering. But even when perplexed I’ve learned that your...

  6. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie… Polar opposites? I’m not so sure. We do view language differently, and use it differently. But maybe not quite so differently as it may sometimes seem. I said here once that all...

  7. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie, as always, is much nicer than I. Like her however, I did read your (zenman) links and found them to be very interesting. Mishlove is a very good interviewer and his work is nearly always...

  8. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    zenman, The reason I raised the question about whether dying people may or may not be “working” or “processing” while “unconscious” is because that is a question which arises often for...

  9. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    zenman… Interesting. So what do you think? When dying people are “unconscious,” are they working? Are they processing? Is it situational?

  10. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Jodi, Very well thought out and written post I must say. I believe it reflects a fundamental difference in our current views; i.e. you are currently working in hospice and I am not. While I think...

  11. Recommended Reading for Hospice Nurses

    req_read replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Natalie, Pardon the sluggish response. No, I have not read it… I cannot read. I am probably one of the few illiterate writers you will ever know. Actually I can read, but only with special...

  12. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It is said that all things are relative. Studying dying process does not make one’s dying easy, just relatively easier. However, it seems that humans have a talent for making things harder....

  13. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Here is an aspect of caring for the dying that hospice nurses must wonder about from time to time, and certainly it is relevant to achieving good death… because the fear of death obviously impacts...

  14. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Allow Mystery… I assumed you’d had a tough day, but got a good chuckle out of your remarks just the same… I’ve been there myself! I have been contemplating the cutting horse analogy and...

  15. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… Yes indeed, you are quite right… as you define letting the pt/fam take the lead. I would refine it a little further… Have you ever seen a cutting horse work? You know… when a horse...

  16. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… I apologize for being such a hard____, but I believe the point I am rather infamous for hammering on here is an important one. What we think really does matter… it has very real...

  17. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    There are things which, if we think about them directly, seem overwhelming and perplexing… so we avoid thinking about them as much as possible… because feeling overwhelmed and perplexed is not so...

  18. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… I share your hope of hearing from others. With the economy the way it is, expecting hospice organizations and agencies to voluntarily take on the burden of conducting studies into the nature...

  19. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am quite aware that many readers of this thread doubt whether pondering the nature of self-awareness, consciousness etc, has any practical value. But consider, when Ben Franklin flew his kite and...

  20. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Allow Mystery… Stop beating around the bush and sugar coating everything… how do you REALLY feel about SW’s & Chaplains? When the original designers of the hospice benefit were trying to...

  21. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… If I were in your shoes (and thankfully I am not) I would focus more on the pt and less on the husband & daughter. “Life” will undoubtedly provide them with what they need… whether...

  22. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… Intriguing case… yours. And a good one for illustrating the breadth and depth of factors that play into how a person dies… and whether we might consider that death to be a “good...

  23. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… Hm-m-m… very interesting dynamic. Here’s my best guess… We get into ruts… paths that are not so very divergent… at first anyway… but over time the distance between the two paths...

  24. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    PS… finn… I forgot to address one of your questions; i.e. what should you say if your pt breaks and presents an opening… drops his mask? Answer: I don’t know… but you will. It’s...

  25. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… I’m having to make some guesses as to the particulars of your pt/fam’s situation… it sounds like the one dying is the one who has been in control? Relationships between couples are, very...