Comments on: Recollections of a Hospice Nurse http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/recollections-of-a-hospice-nurse/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Tue, 22 May 2012 07:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dr M http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/recollections-of-a-hospice-nurse/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Dr M Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:55:10 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/blog/recollections-of-a-hospice-nurse/#comment-353 I too have seen the love and devotion...sitting at the bedside wearing an admirer's eye. It is these visions of a never waivering love that tells a story of the unseen years of love and compassion....it sounds like they were both very lucky. Dr M I too have seen the love and devotion…sitting at the bedside wearing an admirer’s eye. It is these visions of a never waivering love that tells a story of the unseen years of love and compassion….it sounds like they were both very lucky.
Dr M

]]> By: Christian Sinclair http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/recollections-of-a-hospice-nurse/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Christian Sinclair Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:11:11 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/blog/recollections-of-a-hospice-nurse/#comment-354 Don't damn a whole profession ("unlike doctors...") as not caring enough to get to know their patients so easily. I agree the hospice nurses I work with are wonderful and do a great job in personalizing care and really understanding their patients. Some of this 'luxury' of time may have to do with caseload and the demands of the system. At a hospice inpatient facility, the nurses may have 3-6 patients to care for over a 12 hours shift, while the physician has 12-20, the social worker 12-20, and the chaplain 12-20. With the time they get to spend at the bedside, the chances for small talk are much greater. From my work in hospice as a medical director, I see the hospice nurses getting a lot of admiration from families and patients. Much more so then more traditional nursing positions (ICU, ER, clinic, hospital, or nursing home). Thanks for the post! Great site/blog by the way. Don’t damn a whole profession (”unlike doctors…”) as not caring enough to get to know their patients so easily. I agree the hospice nurses I work with are wonderful and do a great job in personalizing care and really understanding their patients. Some of this ‘luxury’ of time may have to do with caseload and the demands of the system. At a hospice inpatient facility, the nurses may have 3-6 patients to care for over a 12 hours shift, while the physician has 12-20, the social worker 12-20, and the chaplain 12-20. With the time they get to spend at the bedside, the chances for small talk are much greater.

From my work in hospice as a medical director, I see the hospice nurses getting a lot of admiration from families and patients. Much more so then more traditional nursing positions (ICU, ER, clinic, hospital, or nursing home).

Thanks for the post! Great site/blog by the way.

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