How can we talk with children about grief, about losses of any kind, dying and death? Drawing from years of experience as a registered nurse and psychotherapist, Andrea Warnick inspires us to learn how best to communicate with grieving children and families.
What are the lessons learned when nurse becomes patient? In this episode, best-selling author, nurse and advocate, Theresa Brown shares reflections on communication following her diagnosis of and treatment for breast cancer and in the context of her own nursing work.
Sarah, a critical care nurse practitioner and Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses discusses nurses’ communication in critical care settings, particularly the difficult and challenging conversations with families.
How can we talk with patients and their families about a future that includes living with advancing illness, dying and death? In this second episode, we talk with Sandra Andreychuk, N.P., Healthcare Ethicist, Advocate/Coach and Navigator.
In this inaugural episode, communication scholar and champion of nurses Dr. Elaine Wittenberg shines a light on the essential communication work nurses do with families in the face of serious illness.