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End-of-Life Care: Your Patient Has Died, Now What?

Hospice Nurse Hero

As a nurse, when your patient dies, you might be thinking now what should I do? To begin, I didn’t even recognize the signs of transition to active death. I was busy doing other tasks like the new nurse I was.). My charge nurse was also amazing. While nearly 80% of people say they want to die at home , only 20% do.