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Charting
This is definitely on my top 5 list of things I have so much to say about!! After a long day of seeing patients, barely taking a break to...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 24, 20193 min read
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Work/life balance
I struggle with saying "no". I am THAT nurse! The one that will see another patient after I have already seen 5, or work the weekend...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 23, 20192 min read
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Bedside manner
When someone is lying in a bed and they are unable to verbalize how they are feeling or what they might need, that is the most important...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 21, 20194 min read
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Last moments.
The question I get asked most, is how much longer someone has. I can tell when someone is close, and sometimes I can get the family...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 19, 20192 min read
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Death happens
You would think that by working in hospice you would become less surprised by the ache and pain you see others experience when death is...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 17, 20194 min read
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I am not an angel!
When someone asks you what you do and you tell them you are a hospice nurse, you always hear, "that must be so hard, how can you do that...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 17, 20194 min read
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Self care
This work is hard. In one day I could see one patient who is actively dying and have to tell the family there are only hours to days...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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Distractions
I was sitting with the wife of a man who was hours away from taking his last breath. She was nervous, emotional, and scared. After...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 14, 20193 min read
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End of Life Option Act (EOLOA)
As a hospice nurse, I have seen, understandably, a LOT of death. I have been blessed to have witnessed beautiful, peaceful deaths and...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 14, 20192 min read
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It's not about you!
The first thing you have to remember is that this is not about you. By "this", I mean the experience someone else is having at the end of...
Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 14, 20192 min read
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