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 Palliative Nursing Network | Feb 1, 2018 | Advance Care Planning
Over the years of working as a nurse and as an advocate for my own family and friends, I’ve learned that conversations are critical. Conversations with loved ones. Conversations between loved ones. Conversations with those on the healthcare team: doctors, nurses,...