Tag Archives: hospice care

Regrets? Who has regrets?

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Julia Barrett

So I read an article just the other day, a valid and timely article I’m sure: From The Mind Unleashed: Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their death bed. I’ve worked as a hospice nurse for 12+ … Continue reading →

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I think I hate the word oeuvre.

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Oeuvre: Any work or the works of a writer, painter or artist. Can refer to the entire body of work. I heard the word the other day used in a way, or rather, used in a context which made oeuvre … Continue reading →

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Crossing the Great Divide. Cultural Differences and Hospice Care.

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Julia Barrett

Just my observations after twelve years of hospice nursing. What I have to say is not gospel so don’t take it as such. Every culture/religion/society varies in its approach to death, or acceptance/nonacceptance of death. View of death. The way … Continue reading →

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Dear Mom, the dead relatives stopped by for a cuppa.

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Julia Barrett

(I only know what a cuppa is because of Orphan Black - Season 2 coming soon! OMG I’m shaking… Vikings is like, killer enough! You go Lagertha.) So my mom has known me my whole life. She knew I saw … Continue reading →

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When my hospice patients try to kill me.

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Julia Barrett

It’s only happened twice. It was nothing I said or did. Sometimes hospice patients hallucinate. Might be the meds or the illness or terminal agitation. Sometimes it seems to me it has to do with memories. For instance, a number … Continue reading →

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