Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
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Every morning I wake up the same way; I check the time, thankful for the additional twenty minutes I usually end up having before I need...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 6, 20203 min read
I hope I get to see you again
When people ask me why I do the work I do, which is a question I get asked often, I usually say the same thing each time; I see a lot of...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 29, 20204 min read
Long After They Have Gone
I think it is fair to say that after someone dies, we look for signs that they are still out there watching over us, or simply paying us...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 22, 20203 min read
Eleven Rocks Walk
Every Friday I see a patient for wound care, he is not actively dying but he is declining and being in his 90’s I think that would be...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 6, 20205 min read
"This IS me trying"
I was sitting at the bedside with the wife of a man who was nearing the end of his life. This is not unusual for me, as it is my...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 24, 20204 min read
The Last Time
As I was driving away from my visit with my granddaughters recently, I thought to myself, “what if this is the last time I see them”,...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 17, 20203 min read
There is no "I" in team. In hospice, it takes a village.
One of the most valuable lessons I have learned as a hospice nurse, is the importance of the team you share a patient with. Early on I...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 9, 20204 min read
Some heartfelt truths from a hospice nurse during COVID
As the weeks and now months pass me by, I find myself feeling less and less hopeful that we will get through this any time soon, and I am...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 4, 20205 min read
The Last Word
I have written a letter to my family letting them know what I want when I die. I did this because I work in hospice and my experience has...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 27, 20204 min read
The Widow, the Owl and the Hospice Nurse
I spent many hours at the bedside with a man who had been under our care for quite some time, and who was dying… a long and tedious...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 19, 20206 min read
The Grief Club
Every morning for the past six months I have kept in contact with a woman who lost her husband. The day after he died, I sent a red heart...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 13, 20204 min read
What I wouldn’t give for one last conversation with you.
The last words I spoke to my dad before he died, was a message I left on his answering machine. Actually, it was two messages; one saying...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Visions, Voices and Visitors
I have seen the look of panic when a family member tells me their loved one is seeing people in their room and having conversations with...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 29, 20204 min read
The very best last goodbye
I walked into the apartment having absolutely no idea what I was going to be presented with, or what my role was to be. There was...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 23, 20204 min read
What will tomorrow bring?
Every morning I wake up with this feeling that things will be back to normal and the Virus will no longer hold space in our lives, as...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 16, 20204 min read
Our song will never cease.
Being a hospice nurse during a time when our world is trying desperately to navigate the COVID virus has not been easy, to say the least....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 9, 20203 min read
Can you see my smile behind this mask?
I was visiting a patient recently who lived in a facility where there were multiple COVID-positive residents. I walked down the long...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Flower Petals
Many years ago, I worked in a hospice house; there were ten beds, which were almost always occupied. Some days, there was a patient...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Apr 25, 20205 min read
I don't miss traffic... but I do miss YOU!
I have been doing some serious reflecting. I feel a little like a seesaw in that some days I am up... and some days I am down. I know...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Apr 18, 20204 min read
Safely Distanced Hugs
I cry a lot lately. I always have but the tears I have been letting loose more recently are due to the myriad of emotions this virus has...
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