Tag: Palliative Care
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MG Hospital
by RetsamsGhost
Two nurses fired for emptying local area hospital geriatric med/surge unit for Holiday Weekend: Thirty-six patients were unexpectedly discharged from MG Hospital in Gaitlin, Tennessee. Patients and their loved ones were overjoyed and seen celebrating at Fourth of July parade on main street the following day. Many in an impromptu decision agreed to meet up at the firework show. Some were still wearing hospital … Read More MG Hospital
Noa
by RetsamsGhost
I am up too late tonight. I am somewhat in the valley of my mood range despite having no outward claim to be disgruntled, angry with my creator, or otherwise disenfranchised. To the contrary, I have many gifts to be grateful for, including among them adversities that have ensured I am well grounded in humility and empathy for my fellow man and sometimes even … Read More Noa
Isenheim Altarpiece: A Portrait of Agony; a Message of Hope
by RetsamsGhost
I cannot imagine caring for patients with “St. Anthony’s Fire” in the 1500s. Our medicines have come along ways and palliative care nurses are by the sides of those facing unremitting symptoms, torment, and anguish. Nevertheless, patients with serious conditions are faced with their own mortality and the instinctual drive to defy our destiny with ashes. When to fight on, what medicines to … Read More Isenheim Altarpiece: A Portrait of Agony; a Message of Hope
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