Education, End of Life Care, Hospice, Nurse's Corner, Uncategorized
One of the frequently required tasks of my job working for hospice is called the “informative” visit or “informational”. These visits to patients and families are to explain the purpose and intent of hospice and how the services provided by...
About The Business, Editorial & Opinion, End of Life Care, Medical Marijuana, Musings, Nurse's Corner, Personal Experiences and Reflections, Resources, Uncategorized
I work in several different capacities with patients nearing end of life here in Maine. While hospice is one of them – and a passion! – there is an ongoing shortage of hospice resources and issues with difficulty of delivery of services throughout the...
Editorial & Opinion, Education, End of Life Care, Inspirational
I sat across from my 10-year-old niece at dinner last night. It was New Year’s Day, a fresh year lays full of promise, a blank slate before us, and her tired face was a blessing to see. She was exhausted from a cheerleading practice; she throws herself with such...
Editorial & Opinion, Education, End of Life Care, Musings, Personal Experiences and Reflections, Uncategorized
My name is Amanda Carr and I am a death doula. Even my closest friends and colleagues don’t necessarily understand what that means though – so let me try to explain a bit better from *my* perspective. A longtime ER nurse, I’ve transitioned into doing...
Editorial & Opinion, End of Life Care, Musings, Personal Experiences and Reflections, Uncategorized
We befriend endings when we realize we sit at a place where we cannot go on. It is our reality; not a single cell within us feels the ability to move ahead. But, without permission or even willing participation, we do. We find ourselves in an impossible duality of...
Editorial & Opinion, End of Life Care, Personal Experiences and Reflections
In the UK, there is a 10-month-old baby with a terminal disease – his life and his immanent death are sending ripples across the world. Charlie knows the inside of an ICU, the artificial lungs to breathe for him, artificial people to speak for him, and everyone has...
