by Crys Conte | May 19, 2018 | Advance Care Planning
Yolanda has been a cardiac nurse for a long time. She works on a cardiac telemetry unit in a mid-sized hospital serving a primarily rural population. She told me about a situation that haunts her: Doing chest compressions on Margaret, a thin, frail, 74-year-old woman...
by Crys Conte | Apr 17, 2018 | Caregiver, NHDD
As a nurse, I’d always thought about NHDD as a useful reminder about planning for the future. For my patients, as well as for myself. But now, it reminds me of the past. You see, NHDD is when I made my husband DNR. Do Not Resuscitate. No Code. And when I did, I knew...
