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Death and Dying

Why Hospice and Death and Dying Here?

30th April 2008 by Arrowwind

So you came to this blog to find some alternative health viewpoints and this is what you find and now your are wondering why?
I am a hospice nurse and have been so over 4 years. In my work with the dying I have found that health is so much more than a good cholesterol level […]

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Stan

1st March 2008 by Rett Anderson

Stan provided a self will and self knowledge to us that was remarkable. I didn’t know him personally but watched from a distance as I often do with patients that are not under my care. His diagnosis evades me now, but I it was cardiac in nature. Still independent with many of his cares he […]

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Mary

1st March 2008 by Rett Anderson

I will call her Mary for lack of recall of her true name as it has been over two years now since I cared for her. Mary was dying of cancer. I don’t remember what kind or where for these are not the things I tend to recall when I witness a remarkable person. […]

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The Govenor

1st March 2008 by Rett Anderson

Governor Cal Rampton
Nurses often note trends in the patient population that they care for. In August and September of 2007 our staff had noted an extradonary residence population. We had some very gifted folks in our hospice. Artist of both fame and or skill in painting, sculpture and dance. We had amongst us also […]

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The Last Act

18th March 2007 by Rett Anderson

I pay tribute to those who have died under my care in the free standing hospice that I work in. I honor you and acknowledge your trial, your long journey and your last walk.
They come in fear and pain carrying their bags of drugs, ports, prosthesis, artificial airways, crutches and wheel chairs, bandages adorning […]

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Why Hospice and Death and Dying Here?

17th March 2007 by Rett Anderson

So you came to this blog to find some alternative health viewpoints and this is what you find and now your are wondering why?
I am a hospice nurse and have been so over 4 years. In my work with the dying I have found that health is so much more than a good cholesterol level […]

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