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Dying patients: nurses’ role in the hours before and after death

Advice for nurses on recognising when death is near, the checks that must be made to verify death, and providing compassionate care to the patient and family

Alison Stacey - @alibaabra
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Close-up image of two hands, as a nurse in uniform sits at the bedside of a dying patient in hospital, holding their hand

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