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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Aug 6, 2019
- 4 min
It doesn't get easier
Before I started my day, I called a family to let them know I would be there about noon. I left a voicemail. I was with another patient w...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Aug 4, 2019
- 3 min
Never apologize for being kind
I will never get tired of seeing people being kind to strangers, or just being kind in general. Yesterday the AC went out in our hospice ...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Aug 1, 2019
- 3 min
Life is fragile and precious
We had a patient pass recently; it happened while I had stepped out for a bit and when I walked in the door, I was told he was gone. He w...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 30, 2019
- 4 min
It's okay to sing off key
I have been writing this in my head since the day she arrived, because the moment I met her, I knew immediately there was a special place...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
This time it's personal
When I was 17 I dated a guy whose mother I rubbed the wrong way. The midnight intoxicated teenage calls to him didn't help. I got a lectu...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 24, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 23, 2019
- 2 min
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 shif...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 21, 2019
- 3 min
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 ...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 20, 2019
- 2 min
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 gathe...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 18, 2019
- 4 min
Death happens
You would think working in hospice you would become less surprised by the ache and pain you see others experience when death is verified....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 17, 2019
- 4 min
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 w...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 15, 2019
- 3 min
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 left...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Little 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 spendi...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
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 tha...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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