Caring For A Dying Patient

Do we think of death as a part of our life or as the end of it? We all will encounter a death at some point of our life. When we think of a death, we think about fear, suffering, and emotional pain. I recently lost my uncle and my grandmother. I thought I was prepared for it. In reality, we can never be ready for a death of someone we love, or someone we take care of. The article I read, shows how important is the support for nurses when taking care of dying patients.
“Caring for a dying patient, building a relationship and witnessing the same patient as a corpse is extremely frightening” (Ek, Westin, Prahl, Osterlind, Strang,