Death does not come in a “one size fits all” category; it is not usually predictable, and very rarely planned and it will never become...

I think one of the most important qualities a person can have, is the ability to truly listen. Have you ever been with someone when you...

I woke up yesterday morning prepared to visit a patient whom I knew was nearing her end. I texted her son and said I was on my way. He...

When I was a little girl, my mother used to sew; she was at her sewing machine often. I wish I knew then what I know now about how much...

I admit it... I get attached... I try so hard not to. This work we do is so intimate and so personal that a deep connection is made...

After spending so many hours at the home of a patient who is actively dying and working with a family who is struggling with the...

Much like death, grief is not predictable. We do not grieve the same way, it doesn’t happen on queue; there isn’t a rulebook that says:...

I was sitting with a wife, two daughters and a son of a patient who was dying. It is at this time that I have the conversation about what...

What is hospice? I get asked this question a lot. I have also heard the many misconceptions about what hospice is, and I have seen fear,...

I walked into the room of a patient, who was in a facility, at the same moment the floor nurse walked in to give medication. She walked...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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