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req_read

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  1. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are captives… or victims… of our own language. “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me.” WRONG!!!!! We are captives… or victims… of our own language. Poetry...

  2. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Things worked out well for my wife and her Aunt in the proverbial end… and in a variety of other ways as well. For one thing, we decided to relocate down here close to my wife’s father (Aunt...

  3. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn… Thank you again… sincerely. Now I will juxtapose the darker side of the evolving American model for dealing with death. Death forces us to look at our self, so it is impingent on us as...

  4. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    finn, Thank you for that. Yes, I do have another story… this one is recent and involves family. My wife’s Aunt Kay (who resided in Florida and was in her 80’s) had hip replacement surgery. Like...

  5. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks Leslie & Em… I agree that it is not necessary to be awake at the moment of death to die consciously… and confess to having muddied the water on that account with some of my posts....

  6. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Posts # 218 (Em1995) and #219 (ingelein) were both very interesting. Em1995… Would you mind sharing a description, as best you can, of the example of conscious dying you mentioned? Also, I have...

  7. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Okay… now let’s get back to business. I have noted, and often remarked, that the dying teach us how to live. However, that does not necessarily occur in a straight forward way. Just as in life,...

  8. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It is axiomatic that we live in a death averse society and that the majority of individuals know almost nothing about dying process. Therefore it is impingent upon the “experts” in the field to...

  9. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Interesting thoughts. Thanks.

  10. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    During my years of working in healthcare I observed that the practice of medicine is a combination of science and art. I also observed that when docs first start out their practice is mostly science,...

  11. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In our business we have unique opportunities to study human beings. But that is merely a potential. To push that potential into real understanding we have to be honest. Dying process forces a...

  12. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Regarding suffering… In a wonderful interview with the late Joseph Campbell (I have it on tape) he describes an Eastern god (from India as I recall) that is depicted as simply a head. I can neither...

  13. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sharona… I sent you an email. In General… It does seem to me there is value in individuation… the process of developing personality & character… and that it would be a shame to discard...

  14. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I’ve been thinking about the possibility of ego being a survival mechanism (in the physical realm) for a couple of days… sort of in the sense that wearing scuba gear is necessary to go scuba...

  15. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    First let me state that pondering issues such as these is, I believe, important for hospice nurses. We deal with dying people. When people are dying they think about these kinds of things and turn...

  16. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie, Allow Mystery et al… It does seem that we are on the same page. I have long assumed that careful observation and close interaction with dying people would reveal the same or similar types...

  17. Medicare Probe

    req_read replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    curiousauntie... It is interesting to hear nursing home nurses talk about how horrible it is to be a nursing home nurse. Do you have any ideas about how it got to be that way? Any tips on how to...

  18. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie… I not only understand, I empathize. I have heard it said that we are in this world but not of this world. For many that is something to think about… to ponder. For a few it is obvious,...

  19. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Franemtnurse... I don't doubt that one bit.

  20. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie… Nice hat! I was much impressed with your last post… to the point where I was loathe to add another as it might distract from yours. However, since someone else added a post departing from...

  21. Medicare Probe

    req_read replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    AnabelRN… You have my sympathies, and I am sure the sympathies of many others who visit here. If you find yourself looking for a new job, presumably with another hospice, I am sure you will now...

  22. Care at the Time of Death

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Allow_Mystery... A funny thought just struck me. Not so much funny Ha-Ha... more funny as in- ironic and sad. I guess Johnson & Johnson is still in the bandaid business. We are hemorrhaging...

  23. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Allow Mystery… Good question… very good question. I wish I had a very good answer. Sometimes when something extraordinary happens it doesn’t really sink in for awhile… not until later do you...

  24. Care at the Time of Death

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    brian3222… I thought I would wait to see how others might respond to your post. It’s been nearly 2 months now, so I guess that is a long enough wait. This thread was initiated by an article...

  25. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    req_read replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie... Yea... you may be right. Let's keep hoping and plugging away though.