Comforting patients as they prepare to transition, navigating end-of-life regrets and frayed relationships, and providing support and advice for fearful families with Heather Meyerend, a retired hospice nurse. How does she know when the end is imminent? And what has the work taught her about the different ways we deal with death?Heather is a contributing author to the book <a href='https://payhip.com/b/ZRUEg'>Resilient Faith: Dare To Believe</a>.She was also profiled in The New Yorker in 2016: <a href='https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/the-work-of-a-hospice-nurse'>"A Tender Hand in the Presence of Death"</a>Got a comment or suggestion? You can reach us via email at jobs@whatitslike.com Want to be on the show? Leave a message on our voice mailbox at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions: <ul> <li>What’s a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean?</li> <li>What’s a specific story you tell your friends that happened on the job? It could be funny or sad or anxiety-making or pride-inducing or otherwise.</li> </ul> There’s a 3-minute time limit on the message, don't worry if you get cut off. We’ll know what happened. We get a lot of messages, so we can’t respond to every one, but please know that we do listen to all of them! We’ll reach out if we want to follow up.

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