Written by Tammy Bruno, RN, BN, MN student I am a home care nurse manager from the Samson Cree Nation, located in Maskwacis Alberta (pronounced Musk-wah-chees), on Treaty 6 territory. I am a single mother of three boys and I have returned to graduate school to complete the Nurse Practitioner [...]
The memory of the scent of the disinfectant squirt on my hands I used prior to entering my client’s hospice room still permeates my nostrils weeks later. If that is what lingers for me, what do the dying smell on their last few days? Our sense of smell is linked [...]
Check out other articles about complementary therapies and palliative care. The first was on the power of music at the end of life, the second was on the role of art therapy in palliative care, and a final post on the comforting touch of palliative massage therapy. Our series on complementary therapies [...]
I left work today and had a patient who knew it was the last day of my stretch, shake my hand and thank me for all the care. He was a very healthy and active man whose world was shattered a few short weeks earlier with a diagnosis of a [...]
This article from LinkedIn continues society’s discussion about balancing quality of life against life-prolonging interventions. Dr. Profeta presents the issue from the perspective of the elderly. I Know You Love Me — Now Let Me Die by Dr. Louis M. Profeta Jan 16, 2016 In the old days, she would be propped up on a [...]
The temperature is dropping, the snow is falling, and you’re dreading that loathsome winter disease – the common cold. You remember; the sniffing, coughing and heavy head that beg for decongestants, cough syrup, and boxes of tissues. You may not be able to cure the cold, but you’re willing to [...]
