Comments on: sayonara http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html a nurse blog. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: eJane http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-73559 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:55:58 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-73559 Death is scary, however, it can also be beautiful. I say this for the benefit of your future experiences and outlook. Well done with this patient, I am glad you are a nurse! Death is scary, however, it can also be beautiful. I say this for the benefit of your future experiences and outlook. Well done with this patient, I am glad you are a nurse!

]]> by: NPs Save Lives http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-72917 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:20:07 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-72917 What a wonderful thing to be able to be there for patients when they "go home" either when they get better or when they cross over. It's an awesome responsibility being a nurse. Well written. What a wonderful thing to be able to be there for patients when they “go home” either when they get better or when they cross over. It’s an awesome responsibility being a nurse. Well written.

]]> by: andre http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-71128 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:44:38 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-71128 wow... i'm almost in tears while reading this post. i admire someone as brave as her and as you. thank's for this post. wow… i’m almost in tears while reading this post. i admire someone as brave as her and as you. thank’s for this post.

]]> by: Souad http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70634 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:26:54 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70634 Beautiful post...Thanks for sharing your feelings and experience. Beautiful post…Thanks for sharing your feelings and experience.

]]> by: Ferdz http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70574 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:16:50 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70574 Yes, well narrated. Can we really say we are fully prepared when death is staring in our face. Mentally maybe but emotionally I'm not sure... Yes, well narrated. Can we really say we are fully prepared when death is staring in our face. Mentally maybe but emotionally I’m not sure…

]]> by: nocturnal RN http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70562 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:48:15 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70562 I am glad you were her nurse. I am glad you were her nurse.

]]> by: may http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70544 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:57:04 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70544 kimmy: this was friday night. her friend who has a power of attorney, wanted to take her home the next day. i wish with all my heart that she was able to go home before she breathed her last. i hope i was wrong when my gut told me she didn't look like she will stay that much longer. shrimplate: sometimes it is a blessing that i do not know what to say, because then, silence becomes a friend. kimmy: this was friday night. her friend who has a power of attorney, wanted to take her home the next day. i wish with all my heart that she was able to go home before she breathed her last. i hope i was wrong when my gut told me she didn’t look like she will stay that much longer.

shrimplate: sometimes it is a blessing that i do not know what to say, because then, silence becomes a friend.

]]> by: shrimplate http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70542 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:43:24 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70542 Beautifully written, May. And good work on your part. I admire your ability to sit quietly with a patient. Many of us nurses probably talk too much sometimes. Thanks. Beautifully written, May. And good work on your part. I admire your ability to sit quietly with a patient. Many of us nurses probably talk too much sometimes.

Thanks.

]]> by: kimmyk http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70538 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:29:25 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70538 When was this May? and has she since passed away? I've always said I wasn't afraid to die, I was afraid to leave my children...I hope when faced with death, that is how I will truly feel. I hope I die a peaceful death in my sleep. When was this May? and has she since passed away?
I’ve always said I wasn’t afraid to die, I was afraid to leave my children…I hope when faced with death, that is how I will truly feel. I hope I die a peaceful death in my sleep.

]]> by: Veronica http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70460 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:55:55 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2008/02/sayonara.html#comment-70460 Wow. Wow.

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