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Last Wednesday, which was my last clinical week of long term care, my resisdent passed away at night. On Thursday morning, I went to the floor to see my resident and someone took off her name tag at outside the wall. It looked not right. I asked someone who passed her room what is going on to her. He said that my resisdent went to heaven last night. I thought he was joking to me at the moment because I coudn't believe I cannot see her anymore. I didn't know how to deal with losing patient. I had a similar experience eairlier but she was alive at that time. but now its different situation. She is really gone!
I thought that how come my resident didn't say goodbye to me and left. My first patient passed away. How weird it is but it happened to me. She always told me that thanks to God that he brought me there for her. I missed her smile and the time I spent with her. I was little depressed but I couldn't go down emotionally. At the same time I was glad that she will be happy with new body in heaven. I learned how to deal with saying goodbye to my patient who I put so much heart in. I think this applies to all people who work at medical parts. I might have more challenges to meet those kinds of situations in the future. However, I don't want to see more of those becuase it is sad. I learned how I could deal with the emotion which lost the patient. The answer will be praying to God and thanks to God having the patients in the heaven if they are believers. Bless them.
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Thank you for sharing this experience with the class! I think this will be one of the most challenging aspects of this profession, to watch lives end. I feel like this profession exposes us so directly to the stages of human life, and as believers we can embrace death in celebration (and some sadness for the patient's friends and families of course) but I think to be surrounded and exposed by sickness and death and to not have the hope of new life in Heaven would be so difficult. The reality we face should encourage to continue to pray for our patients as often as we can and be sensitive to the Spirit's guiding as to whether to share with them the "good news" or not. Thanks for you attitude in this post and your "blessing". How wonderful it is to think about your patient being in Heaven with a new body and a complete understanding/knowledge of God.