Palliative Care: A Day in the Life

“Life is pleasant; Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that is troublesome”- Isaac Asimov Palliative care is a field of medicine that focuses on an individual’s and family’s quality of life as they suffer from a chronic illness. It involves ensuring the individual is knowledgeable about their disease process, has all of the resources theyContinue reading “Palliative Care: A Day in the Life”

When you don’t want to let go

Nurses always say how nurses are the worst patients. One may think this to be silly since nurses can relate to the work, however it has proven to be true more often than not. Emotions run high in the hospital and having a nurse either as a patient or a controlling family member often provesContinue reading “When you don’t want to let go”