Opinion: Another way to empower nurses: Listen to them
Five days before my mother died of septic shock, a nurse tried to alert me that something might be wrong. I wish I had listened.
After surgery for colon cancer, my mother spent two weeks in the hospital. The medical team began discharge planning. One afternoon, what we thought of as her “going home” presents — a walker and a toilet adapter — arrived at her bedside. But the next morning, my mother was tired and out of sorts. She sat in a chair and listlessly pushed a bit of egg around the plate, then leaned back and closed her eyes.
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