Nurse stays by side of the dying, which she could not do for her dad

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A nurse who could not get home in time to be with her father as he drew his last breath vowed afterwards not to let her patients die alone, if she could help it. Ms Lacdaying Cherrie, 37, a staff nurse at the All Saints Home nursing home in Hougang, tries to make sure she...

She told The Straits Times ahead of Nurses Day on Tuesday: “I feel they are also scared if nobody is with them. But when you are there, they feel they can go on. I tell them, ‘I’m here, I will call your family. It’s okay, if you cannot , you just go, your daughter is coming’. And I see that the resident is peaceful to go.

Taking care of 44 residents in the 155-bed home can be tiring, and sometimes, things can seem to be happening all at once. For HCA Hospice nurse manager Lim Lay Choo, caring for terminally ill patients in their homes can also be overwhelming. She goes from one patient to another to assess their symptoms and administer their medications to ease their discomfort.“The whole process that we are in here can be very emotionally draining, until we cannot function at all,” she said.Hospice nurses cope by sharing their feelings with fellow nurses.

Some terminally ill patients are as young as 28, and in those cases, she would work with a social worker to help prepare their spouse and young children.

 

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