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Breaking My Anonymity by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Ever since I started this blog, I have been writing under the pseudonym "Mia Adams." My reasoning for this was based on my own personal experience of coming across ... Read on »

Last 24 Hours Illustration by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Sorry for the long silence on this blog. I have been spending my time off-line drawing comics as a new creative outlet, which has taken up the time I used to spend writing th ... Read on »

The Great Cremation Ground by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine One of my colleagues just came back from a trip to India and told me about a place called Manikarnika Ghat, also known as "The Great Cremation Ground." According to ... Read on »

Estimating Time of Death by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I am not in the practice of having to estimate time of death, as generally patients in the hospital are being watched routinely, and thus the time of death is already known. ... Read on »

Your Truth: Dementia and Grief by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I apologize, once again, for my on-going silence on this blog. I've received a number of emails from readers encouraging me to post again. I appreciate the dedicated interes ... Read on »

Thank You, Blue H News! by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine blue-H-sign Originally uploaded by miaadams. I have been rather neglectful of this blog as of late. Despite my silence, I am delighted to report that Blue H News picked up on ... Read on »

Your Truth: Chemical vs. Physical Restraints by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Another hypothetical scenario for your consideration... This patient is an 86 y.o. female with dementia who is actively dying. She has become delirius, but still has the str ... Read on »

Grief - the Written Word by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As I've mentioned before, JennyNYC and I have been working on a poetry project where we write a poem a day to one another. We are now up to about 115 poems. Though I haven't ... Read on »

Your Truth: "I Want to Drive Her Home." by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "Your Truth" is a series of posts I have written describing end-of-life scenarios. These scenarios are in some way controversial - either due to an ethical dilemma ... Read on »

The Death Penalty by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine My blog is about death and dying, in general. But also as death has pertained to my own personal life. This has led this blog to focus largely on the issues of: - ethics - ... Read on »

Expired Poem by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine JennyNYC and I have been working on a poetry project. We have been writing one another a poem every day for 100 days now. I think part of my silence on this blog has been du ... Read on »

Thank you, Advance for Nurses! by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Just a quick thank you to Terri Polick for including me in her recent article on nurse bloggers in Advance for Nurses. Read on »

from The Mystic Odes of Rumi via the 5th Season of Six Feet Under by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Our death is our wedding with eternity. What is the secret? "God is One." The sunlight splits when entering the windows of the house. This multiplicity exists in ... Read on »

Symptomatology: Itching by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For a list of symptoms I have reviewed in previous posts, please go to this symptomatology of dying link. The next symptom I will address is itching (also known as pruritis). ... Read on »

Ethical Issues at the End of Life by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine If you are a regular reader of my blog, then you likely know that I have a passion for ethical dilemmas. Perhaps you even participated in a debate on one of my Your Truth pos ... Read on »

Presence by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Before I walk into a patient's room, I take a moment to gather myself. I take a few deep breaths and center myself. I am very conscious not to bring any stressful or hectic ... Read on »

How Would You Like to Die? by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This question was asked on Jocelyn Ryder's Question of the Week email survey. The following answers were provided by her readers. Feel free to provide your own answer in the ... Read on »

Off Days by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Sorry I haven't written the update to the last ethical scenario yet. In the scenario JP described, she states that the patient chose to stop dialysis of her own accord the fo ... Read on »

Your Truth: Decision Making Power by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The following ethical scenario was proposed by reader JP. As is custom, please read the scenario, share your thoughts or recommendations in the comments section and in a few ... Read on »

Symptomatology: Malodorous Wounds by Mia A. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have been slowly making my way through the symptoms experienced at the end-of-life. The next symptom I would like to address is the malodorous wound. People may have malod ... Read on »

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