What is Hospice (and what happens at the end of life?) | Nurse Shares All | The Patient Story

It can be difficult to talk about how to approach end-of-life care for both patients and their loved ones. Hospice care is one option that is designed to help patients live a better quality of life. It’s typically a transition from palliative care, which entails symptom and pain management, when a doctor believes the person has six or fewer months to live.
Still, there are a plenty of misconceptions about what hospice care is, so we talk to Julie McFadden, better known as “Hospice Nurse Julie,” who became popular across social media for sharing about her work in hospice care.

Julie Mcfadden Social Media Handles:
Tiktok: hospicenursejulie
Youtube: ‪@hospicenursejulie‬
Facebook: Hospicenursejulie

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The interview has only been edited for clarity.

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Contents Of This Video:

00:00 - Intro
01:11 - What drew you to nursing and hospice care?
03:50 - What is Hospice?
06:47 - What kind of patients typically go on hospice?
11:19 - What kind of cancer patients do you see in hospice more often?
12:50 - Where do you go for hospice care?
16:00 - What does hospice care at home entail?
18:30 - The "Surge" or "Rally" (Terminal Lucidity)
21:30 - Seeing Spirits
26:14 - Expectation setting for end-of-life behavior and activity
29:04 - Is dying painful?
30:23 - Addressing the impact of pain medication
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