A nurse explains through TikTok about topics related to death.
TikTok has become a platform that many take advantage of to tell their experiences, which in many occasions are valuable for other users.
This is the case of Julie McFadden, who has more than 400 thousand followers (@hospicenursejulie) on that social network, all of them interested in hearing her explain about issues related to the death of terminal patients, from which she has learned because she is a palliative care nurse.
Julie has told through TikTok that for the past five years he has worked in a hospice and that before that she worked for more than ten years as an ICU (intensive care unit) nurse.
“I love educating patients and their families about what to expect with hospices and what to expect with the specific disease from which they are dying. I also like very much that the patient and the family feel comfortable knowing that we will be there to control their symptoms ”, explains the nurse from Los Angeles California.
His followers constantly ask him questions and She makes small videos with which she tries to clear the doubts of the users.
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For example, in one of the audiovisuals he explains what the “Normal things that happen to most people at the end of life”, about this he said that changes in respiration, skin color, terminal secretions and fever are usually more normal than is believed in these patients.
He has also indicated that there are words that are common among patients when they are on the verge of death. “There is something that most people say before they die and it is usually ‘I love you’ or they call their mother or father, who usually have already died.”
Julie assures that it is “Extremely common” for patients to call loved ones, especially those who have already passed away.
“It usually takes a month or so before the patient dies. Start seeing dead friends or family, old pets that have passed away, spirits, angels, those who visit and only they can see. Sometimes it’s through a dream, or they see them physically, and they actually ask us ‘do you see what I’m seeing?’ ”McFadden said.
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He adds that for patients these apparitions do not cause fear, but rather “it is very comforting for them.” Because she has been close to this type of experience for many years, the nurse indicates that she has learned to deal with these situations.
Julie assures that It is important to be prepared to leave this world to fire a loved one. She believes that she should educate herself on this topic.
“What I have discovered is that, the more willing someone is to talk about the end of their life and their specific illness, the more peaceful their death is ”, he said in an interview with the American media Newsweek.
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The experiences and stories of this nurse have had more repercussions than she herself imagined at first. Some media have referred to her for her publications and he frequently receives the thanks of his followers, who claim that she helped them overcome a difficult situation.
“I will never forget how you helped me to get the closure of my father’s death ”, commented one of his followers. “You have helped me a lot. I’m not afraid to die”, wrote another user. (I)
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