Deborah Maragopoulos MN FNP's Blog (1)

Yesterday, I buried a dear patient.



I am a family nurse practitioner and not a stranger to death, but like many health care providers, I have viewed the death of a patient as a failure. Not this time. Karen taught me how to let go. How to accept. How to truly partner with my patients. Thank you, Karen, for the gift of your life and for the gift of your dis-ease that bonded us. Thank you for the grace of your death.



On the morning of her death, I felt Karen—like a bubble of… Continue