good life, good death, good grief

Catriona

“You’re dealing with emergency situations, yet in the next room there’s someone who is dying and needs end of life care. You’re trying to get to know that person, but it isn’t always possible........ ...they may be semi-conscious. You don’t always get to people as quickly as you’d like, but the care is good. You can’t make a sad situation happy but we make things as good as we possibly can.

I have no idea how I would feel if I was told I was dying.... I don’t think people remember the technical and clinical stuff - they only remember the kindness and compassion. I’ve learned ways to cope but I don’t feel the emotion any easier now than when I was a brand new nurse.”

Catriona, Hospital Nurse

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This is part of It Takes a Village, a project by Colin Gray and the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. View the full exhibition from the beginning here: It Takes a Village

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