Pts with Near-death experience anyone?

[FlyMom]

Hello,

I'm new to this board and would like to ask a couple of questions:

1. Have you ever had a patient who reported a near-death experience?

2. Would you be interested in some type of basic educational program about NDEs and other death-related phenomena for nurses (an hour or so)?

3. Should some type of education be required for other health care providers (docs, etc)?

Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

[Djuna]

hello,

1. have you ever had a patient who reported a near-death experience?

-no, never and i have been at the bedside of a number of dying people over my lifespan as an rn.

2. would you be interested in some type of basic educational program about ndes and other death-related phenomena for nurses (an hour or so)?

-absolutely not. nde is not an accepted phenomena in the scientific community. there are many physiological reasons for ndes and a lot of research has been done which refutes the notion. the two main populisers of this concept, dr moody and kubler-ross both used unacceptable research methods and their validity has been brought into question.

3. should some type of education be required for other health care providers (docs, etc)?

-no, people's personal opinions about spiritual matters, and i place ndes in this category, should be kept to themselves unless there is a discussion on the topic.

any ideas, thoughts, suggestions are welcome. thanks.

just a few of my thoughts.

[Icare4u2]

i have had many patients report near death experiences to me and i have had one myself. i reported many of the same phenomena that my patients reported to me. i do think nursing schools should address the near death experience issue, but i am not sure where it would fit best (oncology, icu, etc.) in the school's curricula. i also believe other professionals would benefit from some type of class or training to better understand nde's as well. hope this helps:wink2: