Existential Distress, Dignity Therapy, and Peaceful Death

Links etc

Grech, A. Marks, A. Existential Suffering Part 1: Definition & Diagnosis; Part 2: Clinical Response & Management. J Pal Med. 2017;20(1):93-96.

Keall, R. Clayton, J. Butow, P. Australian Palliative Care Nurses’ Reflections on Existential/Spiritual Interventions. J Hosp Pal Nsg 2014;16(2):105-112.

SEINFELD - DAVID PUDDY MAD DEVILS FAN [Video]. [xBRUISERx2007]. (2011, Jun 14). YouTube.

Sinatra, Frank - My Way (Live At Madison Square Garden, 1974) [Video]. [Frank Sinatra]. (2019, Sep 16). YouTube

Listening to Francis Albert at the other end of his trajectory

White Supremacy in Nursing and America

So the basic idea is to publish a Google presentation as one channel to distribute educational content, and encourage learners to treat it like a digital picture book. Use the controls to maximize the screen, tab through at your own pace, or let it auto-run (2 secs/slide).

Click any of the resources and references on the final page to learn more about the issues raised in the presentation.

Today's topic is white supremacy in nursing and America - specifically how some nursing and other orgs have responded to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. 

Celebrating Nurses Yet Again Another Time with Free Self-Paced Online Learning - Hastened Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)

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Another self-paced continuing education program for clinicians, caregivers, and the community. This is 1/2 of a work in progress so still one more coming. Love the smiling baby.

Celebrating Nurses Yet Again with Free Self-Paced Online Learning - Death Care and Final Disposition

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Another self-paced continuing education program for clinicians, caregivers, and the community. One more coming. Same smiling baby.

For anniversaries and admissions to the club nobody wants to join

Yeop, still helping me gieve...

I think pretty much every song David Bowie ever wrote had something to do with living and/or dying so here's one that tells a story about what we might want to say to a loved one who's died. Going out today especially to friends and fellow club members Jack and Lucy.

Celebrating Nurses Again with Free Self-Paced Online Learning - End of Life Trajectories

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The experiment continues with a second self-paced continuing education program for clinicians, caregivers, and the community. More soon. Who can resist a smiling baby?

Celebrating Nurses with Free Self-Paced Online Learning - Terminal Secretions

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This is an experiment, and I'll update soon. Thanks! 

Link to similar Google form combined post-test and evaluation

"Rosebud!"