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“Dying is very lonely”

The Chaplain's Report

“Helen” is an elderly woman who lives in one of the nicer nursing homes in my area. She had an extremely difficult life growing up, which caused her to deal with addiction and its after-effects for many years. While she has remained a staunch Catholic, the “big book” of Alcoholics Anonymous holds a place in her heart as well.

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Palace of Care – The Band Plays On

Palliverse

Photo by Matthew Kalapuch on Unsplash. My little coronavirus rock band continue their tour of my body. They wrapped up their sold-out concert in my throat and the music was so loud my ears are still stinging. Today’s destination was my lumbar spine and they played their achy breaky music with gusto. No matter how often I stretched throughout the day the music of the band drowned out all other signals.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Losartan lowers blood pressure, systemic vascular resistance, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and heart rate and raises the cardiac index. Dyspnea on exertion and HF exacerbation decrease with losartan.

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