I’ve been working as an RN in a long term care facility and I’ve loved it so much. I love getting to know the patients and having a relationship with them but unfortunately, due to their comorbidities, they decline in a way that can be so unexpected. Today, my dude said “I don’t want dialysis anymore” and then the hospice nurses came to do the medication reconciliation with me. I tried so hard to keep it together, many of my patients have passed away, but I didn’t really know them for a long time. Except for this one. One time, the nephrologist at Davita dialysis recommended this patient to have hard candy to suck on to moisten his mouth to combat fluid thirst and so I made him a lemon glycerin and lollipop post-dialysis care package. I think…… it was hard, I didn’t know how it was affecting me with work not allowing us to feel those emotions right then and there but as soon as I got home, I died crying-   submitted by   /u/farallelogram [link]   [comments]