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...

You would think working in hospice you would become less surprised by the ache and pain you see others experience when death is verified....

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...

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...

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...

As a hospice nurse, I have seen, understandably, a LOT of death. I have been blessed to have witnessed beautiful, peaceful deaths and tha...

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...