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A Beloved Mentor Falls

Pierre Van Zyl8th November 2018being a patient, family, ICU, illness, mentors, our partners, PracticeBalance, residency, sadness

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I walk by the closed double doors and frosty windows of the ICU. Youâ€™re lying in there, intubated. It feels weird to go to work now. I canâ€™t see you or talk to you, donâ€™t know the drips, donâ€™t know the plan… and itâ€™s killing me. I, along wi…

Letting death in the room.

Pierre Van Zyl6th September 2018ARNP, death, dying, emotions, grief, ICU, love, oncology, our partners, palliative care, sadness, woowoo, ZebraARNP

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Taken by the author. Mukwonago, WI. Oct 2016.One of the most heart-wrenching things I witness at work is people saying goodbye to their loved ones. Today I watched a husband say goodbye to his wife of 31 years, with their son also present at bedside, w…